| 1. roll of paper or parchment with writing on it; ornamental design resembling a scroll; object shaped like a spiral; roster, list. create curves or spirals, cut into spirals or curves; move on-screen text or images horizontally or vertically so new information appears on one side of the screen as older information disappears from the other side (Computers). scrollscroll , n. [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.] |
