SCROLL


Meaning of SCROLL in English

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.

Phrases and idioms:

scroll saw a saw for cutting along curved lines in ornamental work.

Etymology: ME scrowle alt. f. rowle ROLL, perh. after scrow (in the same sense), formed as ESCROW

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.