scroll

Definition

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

Etymology

From Middle English scrowle, scrolle, from earlier scrowe, scrouwe (influenced by Middle English rolle), from Old French escroe, escrowe, escrouwe (“scroll, strip of parchment”), from Frankish *skrōda (“a shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, from *skrew- (“to cut; cutting tool”), extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Doublet of shred and escrow.

Example Sentences

• "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."