SCROLLED

Verb

scrolled

simple past tense and past participle of scroll

Adjective

scrolled (not comparable)

Formed into a scroll.

Ornamented with scrolls.

Anagrams

• rod cells

Source: Wiktionary


Scrolled, a.

Definition: Formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned with scrolls; as, scrolled work.

SCROLL

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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