Scroll

Definitions

1. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
2. 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. Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.
4. 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.
5. The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head.
6. A skew surface.
7. A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape.
8. The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.
9. A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow.
10. A turbinate bone.
11. A rough draft of anything.
    obsolete
12. The act of scrolling

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Examples

“I lose⟳ myself in a flawed henna plant⟳ jutting toward the scroll. Its rose-pink eyes burst⟳ off the stems.”

“I ordered a glass of lemonade and a coffee scroll.”

“[…] the computer sends orders, via electrical impulses, to recompose the liquid crystal structure⟳ inside the cells quickly which results in the familiar smooth scroll of the pointer on your screen.”

“I gave the terms and conditions a quick scroll before signing up to the website.”

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