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score † Lumbering, Hist. 
v. mark and, sometimes, roughly trim (a log) for hewing into square timber.
See also: scorer timber ((n.)) wane
- 1835 (1838) I hope it won't be long afore he has the wainy edge scored off. . . .
- 1891 . . . the "scorers" . . . stripped off the branches and slab sides from the tree trunks set aside for square timber....
- 1964 When the bark had been peeled off, the log was "scored."
- 1835 (1838) I hope it won't be long afore he has the wainy edge scored off. . . .