fourscore

& s. [Eng. four, and score.] A. As adjective: 1. Amounting in number to four times twenty; eighty. "We habbeth ibeo her fourscore yer." St. Brand an, p. 14. years of age. 2. It is used elliptically for fourscore, or eighty "At fourscore he retained a strong relish for innocent pleasures."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xiv. B. As subst.: The number or amount of four times twenty. four-some, four-sum, a . [Eng. four , suff. -some Mid. Eng. same = together.] A term applied to anything in which four take part together; as, a foursome reel. ( Scotch .)