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scorer|ˈskɔərə(r)|
[f. score v. + -er1.]
1. One who marks trees for felling.
1394in Archæologia XXIV. 310 Et sic deficiunt ij lodes xij pedes [meremii] unde respondent le scorer et le carier et alii ministri ibidem. 1880Lumberman's Gaz. 7 Jan. 28 The scorers and liner fell the trees and roughly trim the two opposite sides.
2. Any instrument used for scoring (see quots.).
1688Holme Armoury iii. vi. 290/2 The Scorer is a round piece of Iron-plate fixed in another long piece,..with this Taylors score, or make a mark on Cloth before they venture to cut it. 1831Loudon Encycl. Agric. (ed. 2) 374 The scorer is a well known instrument used by woodmen in marking numbers on timber trees. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2056 Scorer (Joinery), an instrument employed to cut transversely the face of a board to enable it to be planed without slivering.
3. a. In a game or contest: One whose duty it is to keep a record of the score.
1732Applebee's Orig. Weekly Jrnl. 16 Sept. 3/3 There wanted six Minutes of the Time by the Scorer's Watch. 1773Kentish Cricketers in Canterbury Jrnl. 21–8 Sept., And underneath the shady tree The Scorer's fix'd the Runs to see. 1833J. Nyren Yng. Cricketer's Tutor 65 The whole eleven, with the umpire and scorer, were conveyed in one caravan. 1837Dickens Pickw. vii, The umpires were stationed behind the wickets; the scorers were prepared to notch the runs. 1890W. Camp in Century Mag. June 206 There is one scorer, who records the order in which contestants finish, as well as their time.
b. One who allots marks or records the scores obtained in the measurement of ability, capacity, or personality traits.
1922Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. V. 107 Provision must be made to free the results from the personal equations of the scorers. 1952A. G. Wesman in N. E. Gronlund Readings in Measurement (1968) xx. 201 The scorer is required to make a judgment as to the correctness or quality of the response. Ibid., Two scorers should agree perfectly..in assigning scores.
4. a. One who makes a score.
1884Pall Mall Gaz. 16 July 8/2 The highest scorer in the first stage of the Queen's Prize. 1901Scotsman 11 Mar. 4/8 Credit must be given to Bell, to whom the scorer was indebted for getting the ball.
b. A winner, esp. of a horse-race. Cf. score v. 16 e.
1974Marlboro Herald-Advocate (Bennettsville, S. Carolina) 18 Apr. 5/7 After dinner six tables of bridge were played. Scorers for the ladies, Mrs. Richard Fletcher..and Mrs. Robert Lockey. 1976Scottish Daily Express 27 Dec. 10/3 I'm Alright Jack..a smooth Devon and Exeter scorer last month, can put up a repeat performance in the opener at Newton Abbot.
5. One who scores (i.e. composes a score for) a film. Cf. score v. 9 c. rare.
1969Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 15 May 1-c/6 The talkies brought a demand for ‘scorers’, composer-orchestrators of background music to enhance scenic mood. |