Scroll, n.
n. [O. Fr. escrol, escrou, escroue, N. Fr. écrou, écroue, fr. Lat. ex, con, and rotulus, rotula. See ROLL.]
Sense 1. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule.
Here is the scroll of every man’s name. Shak.
Sense 2. (Arch.) (a.) A convolved or spiral ornament, variously introduced. (b.) The volute of the Ionic and Corinthian capital. Gwill.
Scroll. (a.)
Sense 3. A mark or flourish, added to a person’s signature to a writing, intended to represent a seal, and, in some states, allowed as a valid substitute for a seal. Bouvier. Burrill.
