scrolling

UK: /ˈskrəʊlɪŋ/

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scroll /skroʊl/  n. [countable]

1. a roll of papyrus once used for writing:
   the ancient scrolls found near the Dead Sea.

v. [no object]

2. Computing (on a computer display) to move a cursor smoothly, causing new data to replace old on the monitor:
   As you type, your old data will scroll up.

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scroll  (skrōl), n. 

1. a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, esp. one with writing on it:
   a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
2. something, esp. an ornament, resembling a partly unrolled sheet of paper or having a spiral or coiled form.
3. a list, roll, roster, or schedule.
4. Fine Art (in Japanese and Chinese art) a painting or text on silk or paper that is either displayed on a wall (hanging scroll) or held by the viewer (hand scroll) and is rolled up when not in use. Cf. kakemono, makimono. 
5. Music and Dance the curved head of a violin or other bowed instrument.
6. a note, message, or other piece of writing.

v.t. 

7. to cut into a curved form with a narrow-bladed saw.
8. Computing to move (text) up, down, or across a display screen, with new text appearing on the screen as old text disappears.

v.i. 

9. Computing to move text vertically or horizontally on a display screen in searching for a particular section, line, etc.

• 1350–1400; Middle English scrowle; blend of, blended scrow, aphetic variant of escrow and rowle roll

scroll′-like′, adj. 

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scroll / skrəʊl/ noun

1. a roll of parchment, paper, etc, usually inscribed with writing
2. an ancient book in the form of a roll of parchment, papyrus, etc
3. a decorative carving or moulding resembling a scroll

verb

1. (transitive) to saw into scrolls
2. to roll up like a scroll
3. to move (text) from right to left or up and down on a screen in order to view text that cannot be contained within a single display image

Etymology: 15th Century scrowle, from scrowe, from Old French escroe scrap of parchment, but also influenced by roll