scroll.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a roll of parchment or paper esp. with writing on it.
2 a book in the ancient roll form.
3 an ornamental design or carving imitating a roll of parchment.

--v.

1 tr. (often foll. by down, up) move (a display on a VDU screen) in order to view new material.
2 tr. inscribe in or like a scroll.
3 intr. curl up like paper.

scroll saw a saw for cutting along curved lines in ornamental work. [ME scrowle alt. f. rowle ROLL, perh. after scrow (in the same sense), formed as ESCROW]

scroll.html - adj.
having a scroll ornament.

scroll.html - decoration of spiral lines, esp. as cut by a scroll saw.

scroll.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a roll of parchment or paper esp. with writing on it.
2 a book in the ancient roll form.
3 an ornamental design or carving imitating a roll of parchment.

--v.

1 tr. (often foll. by down, up) move (a display on a VDU screen) in order to view new material.
2 tr. inscribe in or like a scroll.
3 intr. curl up like paper.

scroll saw a saw for cutting along curved lines in ornamental work. [ME scrowle alt. f. rowle ROLL, perh. after scrow (in the same sense), formed as ESCROW]

scroll.html - adj.
having a scroll ornament.

scroll.html - decoration of spiral lines, esp. as cut by a scroll saw.