1. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll.
Isa. xxxiv. 4.
Here is the scroll of every man's name.
Shak. 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.
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.
4. (Geom.) Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.
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.
Scrolled
(Scrolled) a. Formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned with scrolls; as, scrolled work.
Scrophularia
(||Scroph`u*la"ri*a) n. [NL. So called because it was reputed to be a remedy for scrofula.]
(Bot.) A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.
Scrophulariaceous
(Scroph`u*la`ri*a"ceous) a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of
gamopetalous plants (Scrophulariaceæ, or Scrophularineæ), usually having irregular didynamous flowers
and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow
rattle, and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia.
Scrotal
(Scro"tal) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the scrotum; as, scrotal hernia.
Scrotiform
(Scro"ti*form) a. [L. scrotum scrotum + -form.] Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped.
Scrotocele
(Scro"to*cele) n. [Scrotum + Gr. kh`lh a tumor: cf. F. scrotocèle.] (Med.) A rupture or hernia
in the scrotum; scrotal hernia.
