scordein

[See def.] Chem.: A yellow aromatic substance obtained from Teucrium scordium . scor-di-um, s. [Lat. scordion, from Gr. skordion =a plant smelling of garlic; probably the Water Germander (q. v.).] Bot .: Teucrium scordium . scöre, s . [A. S. scor twenty, from scor- , stem of the pa. t. plural and pa. par. of sceran =to shear, to cut; Icel. skor , skora a score, a notch, an incision; Sw.skara; Dan.skaar .] [SHEAR.] L Ordinary Language : 1. A notch or incision; especially a notch or cut made on a tally for the purpose of keeping reckon ing or account of something; a system followed formerly when writing was le common. "Our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally; thou hast caused printing to be used."Shakesp.: Henry V1 ., Pt. I., iv. 7. 2. The number twenty, which was denoted on the tally by a longer and deeper cut. "How many score of miles may we well ride?" Shakesp.: Cymbeline, iii. 2. Especially used in archery for twenty yards; thus, a mark of twelve score meant a mark at a distance of twelve score yards. 3. A large number; a great many. (Generally in the plural.) "Stout he was, and large of limb, Scores have fled at sight of him." Cowper : Epitaph ; On a Pointer. 4. An account or reckoning kept by means of scores or notches; a reckoning generally; a debt due. "I have by my sins run a great way into God's book, and my now reforming will not pay off that score ." Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. i. 5. An account or register of numbers generally; especially the number of points or runs made by a player in certain games. IMG:content-1044.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] (1) To go off at score : To start from the score or scratch, as a pedestrian in a footrace; hence, to start off generally. (2) To quit scores : To pay fully; to make even by giving an equivalent. scöre, v. t. & i. [SCORE, 8.] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language : 1. To make scores, scratches, or slight incisions on or in; to mark with scores, scratches, or furrows; to furrow. "Let us score their backs." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , iv. 7. *2. To engrave, to cut. ( Spenser .) 3. To set down, as in an account or register; to record, to register, to note. " Score me up for the lying est knave in Christen dom."Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew. (Induct. ii.) 4. To make a score of; to win; to cause to be registered to one's account, as points, hits, , in IMG:content-1045.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To keep a register or account; to act as scorer; as, to score in a match. 2. To make a score; as, He had not scored. 3. To count or be reckoned in a score. "The hazard scores to the striker."- Field , Dec. 19, 1885. 4. Fig .: To make a hit; to be entitled to credit. (Cf. Hor ., A. P. , 343.) "He scores distinctly on several occasions."- Nature , Oct. 28, 1886, p. 620.