Five-spice powder (recipes) and score(2) (iou)

Five-spice powder (recipes)

A pungent mixture of five spices commonly used in Chinese cookery; it' s a brown powder made of ground star anise, fennel seeds, cloves, cinnamon and Sichuan pepper. It' s available from Chinese grocers, and is becoming more widely available in supermarkets too. A good blend should be fragrant and spicy but also slightly sweet.Five-spice spare ribsCrispy aromatic duck

score(2) (iou)

score verb. LME.
[Partly from Old Norse skora make an incision, count by tallies, from skor (see SCORE noun), partly from the noun.]
I.
verb trans. Cut the surface of (esp. the skin) with incisions, notches, or scratches; mark with a line or lines, esp. by drawing. LME.
E. Bowen The car..turned.., deeply scoring the gravel. A. Uttley It had always been a pasture,..but it was scored by..little footpaths. Tolkien The blade scored it with a dreadful gash, but those..folds could not be pierced.
b. Make long parallel cuts on (meat etc.), esp. in preparation for roasting or Baking. LME.
H. Stephens Some butchers..score the fat..of the hind quarter.
c. Geology. Mark with scratches or furrows, esp. by glacial action. M19.
verb trans. Fracture. Also, wreck (a ship). Scot. E-M16.
verb trans. Form (marks, figures, etc.) by cutting or marking the surface of esp. the skin. L16.
W. Irving On the bark of the tree was scored the name. M. Roberts Nights of..worry..scored new lines on her forehead. H. Wouk The boat, scoring a green-white circle on the dark sea, picked up speed.
b. Mark out (a path, boundary, etc.). E17-E18.
G. Sandys Hast thou..Scor'd out the..Suns obliquer wayes?
verb trans. Draw a line through (Writing etc.) as a means of deletion. Freq. foll. by out. L17.
H. Martineau Scoring the lease from corner to corner, with his..pen. Daily Telegraph The passage in the will containing the bequest..was scored out.
verb trans. Nautical. Make a score or groove in; fix by means of a score. L18.
verb trans. Criticize (a person) severely. N. Amer. E19.
T. R. Lounsbury Poor Lipscomb..was soundly scored for his..vulgarity. Nation He does not hesitate to score the Germans for their..adherence to their own..manners.
verb trans. Music.
a. Write out in a score; compose or arrange for orchestral performance, esp. by a specified instrument or instruments (freq. foll. by for). M19.
W. Irving He pretended to score down an air as the poet played it. American Gilchrist skilfully scored the cantata for full orchestra.
b. Compose the score for (a Film, musical, etc.). E20.
II.
verb trans. Record as a Debt, esp. by making notches on a tally. Also foll. by up. LME.
Shakespeare 1 Henry IV Score a pint of bastard in the Half-moon. G. A. Sala Three-and-ninepence scored against me on the slate.
verb trans.
a. Count and record the number of (members of a specified class), esp. by making notches on a tally; keep an account of. Also foll. by up. LME-L17.
A. Cowley An hundred Loves at Athens score. Dryden A whole Hydra more Remains..too long to score.
b. Biology & Medicine. Count and record the number of (experimentally treated cells, bacterial colonies, etc.) showing a particular character. M20.
a. verb intrans. Incur a number of debts; obtain drink, goods, etc., on credit. L16-L18.
b. verb trans. Add (an item) to a list of debts; incur (a Debt). rare. L17.
verb trans. Record (a person) as a debtor. Also foll. by up. Now rare. L16.
W. Huntington Thus I scored up my..Master, who..discharged my debts with honour.
a. verb trans. Set down in the score of a game or contest. Usu. in pass. M18.
E. Hoyle If your Game is scored 1, 2, or 3, you must play the Reverse.
b. verb intrans. Keep the tally of points, runs, etc., in a game or contest; act as scorer. M19.
a. verb trans. Add (a specified number of points) to one's score in a game or contest; count for (a specified number of points) added to a player's score in a game or contest. M18.
score a miss: see MISS noun1 4b.
A. Trollope A great many sixpenny points [at whist] were scored.
b. verb intrans. Make a point or points in a game or contest. M19.
Encyclopedia Britannica The player whose ball is in hand cannot score.
c. verb trans. Baseball. Cause (a team-mate) to score. E20.
C. Mathewson Schlei made a base hit..and scored both men.
d. verb trans. & intrans. Psychology. Obtain (results) in a test of abilities, capacities, or personality traits; record results in (a test). Cf. SCORE noun 15b. E20.
a. verb trans. & intrans. Achieve (a Success etc.); make (a hit). Freq. in score points off s.v. POINT noun1. Chiefly colloq. L19.
score off colloq. = score points off s.v. POINT noun1.
Athenaeum Occasionally the..editor scores a point. Manchester Examiner He scored two unequivocal successes. G. Saintsbury The Republic scores by its appeal to..human weaknesses.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Make (a gain), esp. dishonestly; slang commit (a theft or robbery), steal (goods etc.), esp. from an open counter or display. L19.
D. Topolski I spotted a sugar factory..and scored a couple of kilos.
c. verb intrans. & trans. (Of a man) have intercourse with or with (a woman), esp. as a casual affair; (of a prostitute) obtain (a client). slang. E20.
W. S. Burroughs I drifted along taking shots when I could score.
d. verb intrans. & trans. Obtain (a narcotic drug), esp. illegally; take (a dose of a narcotic drug). slang. M20.
W. H. Canaway He would like to score with..Cheryl.
III.
verb intrans. Esp. of hounds on a scent: start off strongly and vigorously; go off at score. M19.
scorable adjective able to be scored; from which a score may be made: M20.
scorer noun a person who or thing which scores; spec. a person who keeps a record of the score in a game or contest: LME.

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