Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), n. [AS. scor twenty, fr. sceran,
   scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred Icel.
   skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Sw.
   sk[*a]ra. See {Shear}.]
   1. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a
      tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose
      of account.

            Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books
            but the score and the tally, thou hast caused
            printing to be used.                  --Shak.

   2. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence,
      indebtedness.

            He parted well, and paid his score.   --Shak.

   3. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.

            But left the trade, as many more Have lately done on
            the same score.                       --Hudibras.

            You act your kindness in Cydaria's score. --Dryden.

   4. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score
      or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.

            Amongst three or four score hogsheads. --Shak.

            At length the queen took upon herself to grant
            patents of monopoly by scores.        --Macaulay.

   5. A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient
      archery and gunnery. --Halliwell.

   6. A weight of twenty pounds. [Prov. Eng.]

   7. The number of points gained by the contestants, or either
      of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.

   8. A line drawn; a groove or furrow.

   9. (Mus.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript,
      of a composition, with the parts for all the different
      instruments or voices written on staves one above another,
      so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from
      the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all
      the parts. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).

   {In score} (Mus.), having all the parts arranged and placed
      in juxtaposition. --Smart.

   {To quit scores}, to settle or balance accounts; to render an
      equivalent; to make compensation.

            Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements
            in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South.

Quit \Quit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quit} or {Quitted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Quitting}.] [OE. quiten, OF. quiter, quitier,
   cuitier, F. quitter, to acquit, quit, LL. quietare, fr. L.
   quietare to calm, to quiet, fr. quietus quiet. See {Quiet},
   a., and cf. {Quit}, a., {Quite}, {Acquit}, {Requite}.]
   1. To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or
      oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. [R.]

            To quit you of this fear, you have already looked
            Death in the face; what have you found so terrible
            in it?                                --Wake.

   2. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the
      like; to absolve; to acquit.

            There may no gold them quyte.         --Chaucer.

            God will relent, and quit thee all his debt.
                                                  --Milton.

   3. To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and
      satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to
      requite; to repay.

            The blissful martyr quyte you your meed. --Chaucer.

            Enkindle all the sparks of nature To quit this
            horrid act.                           --Shak.

            Before that judge that quits each soul his hire.
                                                  --Fairfax.

   4. To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of;
      to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.

            Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. --I Sam.
                                                  iv. 9.

            Samson hath guit himself Like Samson. --Milton.

   5. To carry through; to go through to the end. [Obs.]

            Never worthy prince a day did quit With greater
            hazard and with more renown.          --Daniel.

   6. To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to
      depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to
      quit the place; to quit jesting.

            Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth
            for appearance.                       --Locke.

   {To quit cost}, to pay; to reimburse.

   {To quit scores}, to make even; to clear mutually from
      demands.

            Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements
            in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South.

   Syn: To leave; relinquish; resign; abandon; forsake;
        surrender; discharge; requite.

   Usage: {Quit}, {Leave}. Leave is a general term, signifying
          merely an act of departure; quit implies a going
          without intention of return, a final and absolute
          abandonment.