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Webster 1913 Edition
Scroll
Scroll
,Noun.
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. Shakespeare
2.
(Arch.)
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.)
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
.Webster 1828 Edition
Scroll
SCROLL
,Noun.
A roll of paper or parchment; or a writing formed into a roll.
Here is the scroll of every man's name.
The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. Is. 34.
Definition 2024
scroll
scroll
English
Alternative forms
- scrowl, scrole, scolle (obsolete)
- escroll (obsolete)
Noun
scroll (plural scrolls)
- A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
- (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.
- 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.
- Scroll-shaped end of a violin.
- (geometry) a skew surface.
Translations
roll of paper or parchment
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ornament
end of a violin
Skew surface
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.
- She scrolled the offending image out of view.
- (intransitive) To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.
- The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen.
- (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.
- Hey, stop scrolling!
- 1998, "rOOth", Brain's chat (on newsgroup alt.music.queen)
- It's cool but i know why I prefer newsgroups : I just got banned for scrolling or summat : i was typing one word in each message so pppl[sic] could read it cos it was going so fast - geez.
Translations
(Computing) to change one's view of data on a computer's display
Derived terms
Derived terms
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