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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SCORE, n.2 [skor]
1. A crack, crevice, fissure (Sh., Cai. 1969). Obs. in Eng. Comb. score-hole, a narrow space between the walls of two adjoining houses which do not have a common gable (Sc. a.1838 Jam. MSS. X. 277).Edb. 1825 R. Chambers Traditions II. 19:
She made a point of showing him into a dark closet at the back of her house, in which there was an aperture opening upon a scorehole behind, and scarcely giving any light.
2. A crevice, cleft or gully in a cliff face (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Sh., Cai. 1969). Now chiefly in place-names, esp. in pl. as in St. Andrews (Sc. 1807 J. Hall Travels I. 156).Fif. 1807 J. Grierson St. Andrews (1838) 76:
That space of ground which is now converted into a public walk, and known by the name of the Scores.Fif. 1884 G. Bruce Reminisc. 126:
Along the “Scores” — as the road near the cliffs, or “Scaurs”, facing the sea, from the Witch Lake to the old Castle, is now called.Edb. 1961 Scottish Studies V. 14:
The Score is the downfall of the west edge of Edinburgh Castle.
