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SCROLL
scroll, roll
(noun) a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
(noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
scroll
(verb) move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen; “Scroll down to see the entire text”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scroll (plural scrolls)
A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
(architecture) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.
A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill.
(lutherie) The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head.
(geometry) A skew surface.
(cooking) A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape.
(computer graphics) The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.
(hydraulics) A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow.
(anatomy) A turbinate bone.
Verb
scroll (third-person singular simple present scrolls, present participle scrolling, simple past and past participle scrolled)
(computing, transitive) To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel to move in gradual increments.
(intransitive) To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.
(internet, intransitive) To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read.
Anagrams
• Crolls
Source: Wiktionary
Scroll, n. Etym: [A dim. of OE. scroue, scrowe (whence E. escrow), OF. escroe, escroue, F. écrou entry in the jail book, LL. scroa scroll, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OD. schroode a strip, shred, slip of paper, akin to E. shred. Cf. Shred, Escrow.]
1. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list. The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. Isa. xxxiv. 4. Here is the scroll of every man's name. Shak.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
3. A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Burrill.
4. (Geom.)
Definition: Same as Skew surface. See under Skew. Linen scroll (Arch.) See under Linen.
– Scroll chuck (Mach.), an adjustable chuck, applicable to a lathe spindle, for centering and holding work, in which the jaws are adjusted and tightened simultaneously by turning a disk having in its face a spiral groove which is entered by teeth on the backs of the jaws.
– Scroll saw. See under Saw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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