scroll

  1. Noun.  A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Noun.  Scroll-shaped end of a violin.
  5. Noun.  (geometry) a skew surface.
  6. Verb.  (computing, transitive) To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel.
  7. Verb.  (computing, intransitive) To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.

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