scroll´-like´

scroll «skrohl», noun, verb.

–n.

1. a) a roll of parchment, paper or other material, especially one with writing on it: »

He slowly unrolled the scroll as he read from it.

b) a list, as of names or events; roll; schedule: »

Figurative. to be entered in the scrolls of history.

2. an ornament resembling a partly unrolled sheet of paper, or having a spiral or coiled form, such as the spiral ornaments in the Ionic and Corinthian capitals or the curved head of a violin or cello.

3. Obsolete. a) a piece of writing, such as a letter. b) a draft or copy, as of a letter.

–v.t.

1. to write down on a scroll; inscribe.

2. to form into a scroll.

3. to ornament with scrolls.

4. to make (electronic images, especially words of text or diagrams) move across a television or computer screen in order to read material that is longer than the screen can display in a single image.

–v.i.

to roll up or out or look as if it is rolling in such a way over a computer as a television screen: »

Teletext…allows the users to select what they want to see, rather than passively watching text scroll by (New York Times).

╂[alteration (influenced by roll) of Middle English scrow < Anglo-French escrowe, Old French escroue a scrap, perhaps < Germanic (compare Old High German scrōt)]

–scroll´-like´, adjective.