Old English is not my forte, but with definitions changing over time and spelling being phonetic and inconsistent could there be more than one definition for this term fourscore? "This is 'forescore', meaning 19. Disguised in the text (Winter's Tale, Act 4 Sc.3) as 'fourscore'." For example: Fore is defined as the first part, goes first, was located anteriorly, the forward part (of something) being a vessel (bow) or watercraft; or relating to or located in the the front (front porch, front lines). Fortnight: two weeks, a period of fourteen consecutive nights. In the US, a speech by our 16th president contained the word fourscore. Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. ~~ Abraham Lincoln Score is defined as 20 members, units, items definition: noun; the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight; 80, eighty, LXXX definition: adjective; being ten more than seventy; cardinal; being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" twoscore: definition: noun; being ten more than thirty synonyms: 40, cardinal, forty, XL threescore: definition: noun; a set with 3 times 20 members definition: adjective; being ten more than fifty synonyms: 60, cardinal, LX, sixty sixscore: adjective and noun; six times twenty; one hundred and twenty sevenscore: seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty. "The old Countess of Desmond....lived sevenscore years" ~~ Bacon Score can be found in twoscore, threescore, fourscore, sixscore, sevenscore, eightscore, and ninescore. It seems that many of these are unused now. They can be found in Webster's 1913 Dictionary, and others. Fivescore seems to have been used also. Old William seems to have done very well at inventing words. - Denne meldingen er sjekket for virus av Norton Anti-virus - This message was checked for virus by Norton Anti-virus