scroll
- Noun. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. 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.
- Noun. Scroll-shaped end of a violin.
- Noun. (geometry) a skew surface.
- Verb. (computing, transitive) To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel.
- Verb. (computing, intransitive) To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.
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