SCORE. 1. A corruption of sJimccr, vt'hich Halliwell defines as a jurat, but whose functions seem to have been more like those of "commissioners of sewers." A- Sax. Sceaweve; a beholder, spectator, spy. BosworUi. Skawers are mentioned in connection with Pevensey ilarsh in the XV. century, and Dugdale uses the word in his History of Imbanking, printed in inG2. 2. A deep, narrow, rugged indentation on the side of a hill. Isl. shor, fissura. Jamieson.

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