[scroll] n [ME scrowle, blend of rolle roll and scrowe scrap, scroll (fr. MF escroue, of Gmc origin; akin to OE screade shred)] (15c) 1 a: a roll (as of papyrus, leather, or parchment) for writing a document b archaic: a written message c: roster, list d: a riband with rolled ends often inscribed with a motto
2. a: something resembling a scroll in shape; esp: a spiral or convoluted form in ornamental design derived from the curves of a loosely or partly rolled parchment scroll b: the curved head of a bowed stringed musical instrument--see violin illustration
[2]scroll vi (1973): to move text or graphics up or down or across a display screen as if by unrolling a scroll ~ vt: to cause (text or graphics on a display screen) to move in scrolling