Her bulwarks were shot through and through; her wheel was smashed to pieces; and there were long scorings fore-and-aft her decks, showing the paths that our eighteen-pound shot had ploughed up in their destructive passage.
"The Log of a Privateersman"
Harry Collingwood
But an increasing antagonism to Woodseer's philosophy-which the fellow carried through with perpetual scorings of satisfaction-caused him to set a hard eye on the damsel under the grisly spotting shadow of the sottish bruiser, of whom, after once touching the beast, he could not rub his hands clean; and he chose to consider the winning of the prize-fighter's lass the final triumph or flag on the apex of the now despised philosophy.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
Beautifully tooled, light stone lintels with fine-scale radial scorings greatly enhance the beauty of the fenestration.
"The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia"
Frank Cousins Phil M. Riley