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[Scroll]

A rolled up piece of paper is a scroll. If you write a poem on a sheet of paper, roll it up, and tie it with a ribbon, you can call it a scroll.

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A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.

Noun
a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)

Noun
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles

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"


n.
A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.

n.
An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.

n.
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.

n.
Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.


Scroll

Scroll , n. [A dim. of OE. scroue, scrowe (whence E. escrow), OF. escroe, escroue, F. '82crou 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.
Here is the scroll of every man's name.
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.

A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.

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See, the 'On the Road' that came out in 1957 was censored. A lot of the honesty of it, the bitter honesty, is in the original scroll version that came out in 2007 on the 50-year anniversary. Back then, there was so much post-Second World War fear that was imposed on everybody - 'You must live life this way' - and these guys were bored.

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