Sentence:  A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored <WSD>scratches</WSD> so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, [...]. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.