scroll

¹scroll

noun \ˈskrōl\

: a long piece of paper that rolls around one or two cylinders and that usually has something written or drawn on it

: a decoration that looks like the curled ends of a scroll

Full Definition of SCROLL

1

a :  a roll (as of papyrus, leather, or parchment) for writing a document

b archaic :  a written message

c :  roster, list

d :  a riband with rolled ends often inscribed with a motto

2

a :  something resembling a scroll in shape; especially :  a spiral or convoluted form in ornamental design derived from the curves of a loosely or partly rolled parchment scroll

b :  the curved head of a bowed stringed musical instrument — see violin illustration

— scrolled \ˈskrōld\ adjective

Examples of SCROLL

1. He read from the scroll.
2. a scarf with lovely green scrolls on it

Illustration of SCROLL

Origin of SCROLL

Middle English scrowle, blend of rolle roll and scrowe scrap, scroll (from Anglo-French escrowe, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch schrode piece cut off, Old High German scrōt) — more at shred

First Known Use: 15th century

Other Printing Terms

epigraph, errata, leader, mechanical, notch, tittle, underscore, widow

Rhymes with SCROLL

bole, boll, bowl, coal, cole, Cole, dhole, dole, droll, foal, goal, hole, knoll, kohl, Kohl, mole, ole, pole, poll, prole, role, roll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sol, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, tole, toll, troll, vole, whole

²scroll

verb

computers : to move text or images of a Web page, document, etc., up, down, or to the side on a computer screen so that you can see all of it

Full Definition of SCROLL

intransitive verb

1

:  to move text or graphics up or down or across a display screen as if by unrolling a scroll

2

:  to progress, move, or be revealed as if by the unrolling of a scroll <watch scenery scroll by large picture windows — David Yeadon>

transitive verb

:  to cause (text or graphics on a display screen) to move in scrolling

Examples of SCROLL

1. You have to scroll the screen to see the bottom of the Web page.

First Known Use of SCROLL

1973