[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scroll \scroll\, n. a dim. of oe. scroue, scrowe whence e.
   escrow, of. escroe, escroue, f. 'ecrou entry in the jail
   book, ll. scroa scroll, probably of teutonic origin; cf. od.
   schroode a strip, shred, slip of paper, akin to e. shred. cf.
   shred, escrow.
   1. a roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a
      roll; a schedule; a list.
      1913 webster

            the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll.
                                                  --isa. xxxiv.
                                                  4.
      1913 webster

            here is the scroll of every man's name. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. arch. an ornament formed of undulations giving off
      spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. roman
      architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
      1913 webster

   3. 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. --burrill.
      1913 webster

   4. geom. same as skew surface. see under skew.
      1913 webster

   linen scroll arch. see under linen.

   scroll chuck mach., an adjustable chuck, applicable to a
      lathe spindle, for centering and holding work, in which
      the jaws are adjusted and tightened simultaneously by
      turning a disk having in its face a spiral groove which is
      entered by teeth on the backs of the jaws.

   scroll saw. see under saw.
      1913 webster
see also:
shred escrow skew surface skew linen scroll linen 
scroll chuck scroll saw saw 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rule \rule\, n.
   webster 1913 suppl.

   syn: regulation; law; precept; maxim; guide; canon; order;
        method; direction; control; government; sway; empire.
        1913 webster rule \rule\, v. t. imp.  p. p. ruled;
   p. pr.  vb. n. ruling. cf. of. riuler, ruiler, l.
   regulare. see rule, n., and cf. regulate.
   1. to control the will and actions of; to exercise authority
      or dominion over; to govern; to manage. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            a bishop then must be blameless; . . . one that
            ruleth well his own house, having his children in
            subjection.                           --1 tim. iii.
                                                  2, 4.
      1913 webster

   2. to control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion;
      to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive.
      1913 webster

            i think she will be ruled
            in all respects by me.                --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by
      universal or general consent, or by common practice.
      1913 webster

            that's are ruled case with the schoolmen.
                                                  --atterbury.
      1913 webster

   4. law to require or command by rule; to give as a
      direction or order of court.
      1913 webster

   5. to mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided
      by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means
      of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result;
      as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book.
      1913 webster

   ruled surface geom., any surface that may be described by
      a straight line moving according to a given law; -- called
      also a scroll.
      1913 webster
see also:
ruled ruling rule regulate ruled surface scroll 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

scroll
     n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles syn:
           coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet,
           gyre
     2: a document that can be rolled up as for storage syn: roll
     v : move through text or graphics in order to display parts that
         do not fit on the screen; "scroll down to see the entire
         text"
see also:
coil whorl roll curl curlicue ringlet 
gyre 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

212 moby thesaurus words for "scroll":
   a string, aldine, aldine book, amati, cremona, d string, e string,
   elzevir, elzevir book, g string, strad, stradivari, stradivarius,
   account, agenda, annals, article, autograph, bass, bass viol,
   beadroll, blank, bow, brainchild, bridge, bull fiddle, cadastre,
   calendar, catalog, cello, census, census report, checklist,
   checkroll, chirograph, chronicle, cirrus, codex, coil, composition,
   computer printout, contrabass, copy, copy out, corkscrew,
   correspondence, cradle book, crowd, curl, curlicue, docket,
   document, documentation, dossier, double bass, draft,
   dramatis personae, draw up, early edition, edit, edited version,
   enface, engross, engrossment, essay, evolute, fair copy, fiction,
   fiddle, fiddlebow, fiddlestick, file, final draft, fingerboard,
   finished version, first draft, first edition, flimsy, form, gyre,
   head count, helix, history, holograph, honor roll, incunabulum,
   inscribe, instrument, inventory, involute, jury list, jury panel,
   kink, kit, kit fiddle, kit violin, legal document,
   legal instrument, legal paper, letter, letters, lineup, list,
   literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production,
   literature, lucubration, make a recension, make out, manuscript,
   matter, memorial, muster, muster roll, nonfiction, nose count,
   official document, opus, order of business, original, palimpsest,
   paper, papers, papyrus, parchment, pen, pencil, penscript,
   personal file, piece, piece of writing, pipe roll, play, poem,
   poll, printed matter, printout, production, program, property roll,
   push the pen, put in writing, questionnaire, rare book,
   reading matter, recense, recension, record, recording, register,
   registry, relic, remains, returns, revise, rewrite, ringlet, roll,
   roll call, rolls, roster, rota, screed, screw, scribe, scrip,
   script, scrive, second draft, soundboard, spill ink, spiral,
   spoil paper, string, superscribe, swirl, table, tax roll, tendril,
   tenor violin, the written word, token, trace, transcribe,
   transcript, transcription, tuning peg, twirl, twist, type,
   typescript, version, vestige, viola, violin, violinette,
   violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta, volute,
   volution, vortex, whirl, whorl, work, writ, write, write down,
   write out, writing

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

scroll
     
         from a scroll of paper to change the portion of
        a document displayed in a window or on a vdu screen.  in a
        graphical user interface, scrolling is usually controlled by
        the user via scroll bars, whereas on a vdu the text scrolls
        up automatically as lines of data are output at the bottom of
        the screen.
     
        2001-04-27
     
     
see also:
vdu graphical user interface scroll bars 

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

scroll
     
        string and character recording oriented logogrammatic
        language.
     
        "scroll - a pattern recording language", m. sargent, proc
        sjcc 36 1970.
     
        1994-12-01
     
     

[7] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

scroll. a mark which is to supply the place of a seal, made with a pen or 
other instrument on a writing. 
     2. in some of the states this has all the efficacy of a seal. 1, s.  
r. 72; 1 wash. 42; 2 mccord, 380; 4 mccord 267; 3 blackf. 161; 3 gill  
john. 234; 2 halst. 272. vide seal; 2 serg.  rawle, 504; 2 rep. 5. a; perk. 
sec. 129. in others, a scroll has no such effect; and when a suit is brought 
on an instrument sealed with a scroll, the act of limitations may be pleaded 
to it, as to a simple contract. 2 rand. 446; 6 halst. 174; 5 john. 239; 1 
blackf. 241; griff. law reg., answers to question no 110. 

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