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Grammar : Noun
Spell : skrohl
Phonetic Transcription : skroÊŠl

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Définition of scroll

Origin :
  • c.1400, "roll of parchment or paper," altered (by association with rolle "roll") from scrowe (c.1200), from Anglo-French escrowe, Old French escroe "scrap, roll of parchment," from Frankish *skroda "shred" or a similar Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *skrauth- (cf. Old English screada "piece cut off, cutting, scrap;" see shred (n.)). As an ornament on furniture or in architecture, from 1610s.
  • noun rolled sheet, especially a manuscript
  • noun roll of writing
Example sentences :
  • Sorcery reads backwards—and I saw him so read from that scroll of his.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • A good padre in France read to us from a scroll the whole truth of the matter.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • A crowd was gathered about him listening, while he read from a scroll in his hands.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • Roll up the paste, with the fruit spread on it, into a scroll.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Flour it, roll it out thin again, and then roll it into a scroll.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • The Hebrew took up the scroll with imperturbable composure, "My child!"
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Each end curved into a scroll like a landward wave of the sea.
  • Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
  • Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will appear.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • Thus he made up his mind to follow the unrolling of the scroll.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • And he read the portion of the scroll relating to the journey.
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty

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