n. (Zool.) A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family (Scombridae), esp. Thunnus alalunga (formerly Orcynus alalonga); it is a type of tuna or tunny. The name has been also applied to a larger related species, Thunnus thynnus (formerly Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, which is called in New England the horse mackerel. [ formerly spelled albicore. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ F. albicore (cf. Sp. albacora, Pg. albacor, albacora, albecora), fr. Ar. bakr, bekr, a young camel, young cow, heifer, and the article al: cf. Pg. bacoro a little pig. ] (Zool.) same as albacore. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Malay kurakura. ] A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. corps. See Corps. ] A body of individuals; an assemblage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He was in a core of people. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Chore. ] (Mining.) A miner's underground working time or shift. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The twenty-four hours are divided into three or four cores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. kōr: cf. Gr. ko`ros. ] A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer. Num. xi. 32 (Douay version). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cor, coer, cuer, F. cœur, fr. L. cor heart. See Heart. ] 1. The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fever at the core,
Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject; -- also used attributively, as the core curriculum at a college. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

4. (Founding) The portion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Anat.) The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Elec.) A mass of iron or other ferrous metal, forming the central part of an electromagnet, such as those upon which the conductor of an armature, a transformer, or an induction coil is wound. The presence of the iron intensifies the magnetic field created by a a current passing through the windings. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

8. (mining) a sample of earth or rock extracted from underground by a drilling device in such a manner that the layers of rock are preserved in the same order as they exist underground; as, to drill a core; to extract a core. The sample is typically removed with a rotating drill bit having a hollow center, and is thus shaped like a cylinder. [ PJC ]

9. (Computers) The main working memory of a digital computer system, which typically retains the program code being executed as well as the data structures that are manipulated by the program. Contrasted to ROM and data storage device. The term was applied originally to the main memory, consisting of small ferromagnetic rings, that were used to store data in older computers, where each ring representing one bit of information by virtue of its state of magnetization. They were superseded by electronic data storage devices.
Syn. -- core memory, random access memory, RAM [ PJC ]

10. (Geol.) the central part of the earth, believed to be a sphere with a radius of about 2100 miles, and composed primarily of molten iron with some nickel. It is distinguished from the crust and mantle. [ PJC ]

11. (Engineering) the central part of a nuclear reactor, containing the fissionable fuel. [ PJC ]

Core box (Founding), a box or mold, usually divisible, in which cores are molded. --
Core print (Founding), a projecting piece on a pattern which forms, in the mold, an impression for holding in place or steadying a core. --
Core dump See core dump in the vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cord p. pr. & vb. n. Coring. ] 1. To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple. [ 1913 Webster ]

He's like a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be cored out. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To extract a cylindrical sample from, with a boring device. See core{ 8 }. [ PJC ]

n. 1. (Computers) An complete and exact copy of the contents of a computer core{ 9 }, usually produced as a file when some serious error occurs in the execution of a computer program, and used for debugging the program which produced the error. [ PJC ]

2. Hence: A full account of a person's knowledge on some specific topic, usually produced in response to a question of some kind. It is a mildly deprecatory term, suggesting that the person producing the account was unable to prepare a more concise and understandable summary of the information; as, I just need the essentials, not a core dump. [ PJC ]

n. a natural family of soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae.
Syn. -- family Coregonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the type genus of the Coregonidae; whitefishes.
Syn. -- genus Coregonus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a true bug.
Syn. -- coreid bug. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family containing the squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs.
Syn. -- family Coreidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. same as correlate. [ Rare ]
Syn. -- correlate, correlate with. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One of the same religion with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) Energy wasted by hysteresis or eddy currents in the core of an armature, transformer, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ko`ris bug + 'o`psis appearance. ] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. Coreopsis tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ko`rh pupil + -plasty. ] (Med.) A plastic operation on the pupil, as for forming an artificial pupil. -- Cor`e*plas"tic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. That which cores; an instrument for coring fruit; as, an apple corer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of boat of various forms, used in the Indian Archipelago. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. décorer. See Decorate. ] To decorate; to beautify. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To decore and beautify the house of God. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ornament. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. Named after Dioscorides the Greek physician. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants, the roots of which are eaten as yams. See Yam. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. a natural family of tuberous plants including the yams.
Syn. -- family Dioscoreaceae, yam family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. & n. Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. or interj. [ F. The last part of the word is fr. L. hora hour. See Hour. ] Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Encored p. pr. & vb. n. Encoring. ] To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Rebecca ] insisted upon encoring one of the duets. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Four + core, n. ] Four times twenty; eighty. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls sea + ko`rh maiden.] Same as Dugong. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Curling) A distance line drawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
Syn. -- manticore, mantichora, mantiger. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty. -- n. The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. skåra. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

He parted well, and paid his score. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf. [ 1913 Webster ]

But left the trade, as many more
Have lately done on the same score. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

You act your kindness in Cydaria's score. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amongst three or four score hogsheads. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

At length the queen took upon herself to grant patents of monopoly by scores. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A weight of twenty pounds. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A line drawn; a groove or furrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

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). [ 1913 Webster ]

10. the grade received on an examination, such as those given in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or admission to school; -- it may be expressed as a percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam. [ PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ] Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it? South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scored p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring. ] 1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us score their backs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A briar in that tangled wilderness
Had scored her white right hand. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Madam, I know when,
Instead of five, you scored me ten. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [ R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To make or count a point or points, as in a game; to tally. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. To run up a score, or account of dues. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. To succeed in finding a partner for sexual intercourse; to make a sexual conquest. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

5. To purchase drugs illegally. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

n. One who, or that which, scores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The old Countess of Desmond . . . lived sevenscore years. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. [ Six + score, n. ] Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who affords succor; a helper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Thrice twenty; sixty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To draw a mark or line under; to underline. J. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]