Definition of Scroll

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Scroll

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

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

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.

Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.

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Scroll Quotations

I began to pray those same fervent prayers, lying in bed at night, hoping to see a scroll unrolled from the ceiling with a message from God just for me.
James Green Somerville

It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley

In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn't come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not roll up like a scroll, like the sky in Revelations. It quietly withdrew.
Ruth Park

Scroll Translations

scroll in French is feuiller
scroll in Italian is sfogliare
scroll in Spanish is pergamino

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