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Synonyms for scrolled

Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : skrohl
Phonetic Transcription : skroÊŠl

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Définition of scrolled

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.
  • As in spiral : adj curling, winding
  • As in coil : verb curl around, entwine
Example sentences :
  • The scrolled ends of the top rail show at once its French derivation.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Old Furniture » by Arthur Hayden
  • The long line of scrolled carving above them is distinctly of interest.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Old Furniture » by Arthur Hayden
  • Edward V as prince of Wales in 1471 flanked his arms with two scrolled ostrich feathers standing on large York roses.
  • Extract from : « Heraldry for Craftsmen & Designers » by William Henry St. John Hope
  • The scrolled feet and X-shaped stretcher are characteristic.
  • Extract from : « Little Books About Old Furniture. Volume II. The Period of Queen Anne » by J. P. Blake
  • The last day of every month would I fetch that scrolled note to Mr. Carvel, and he laid it beside his plate until dinner was over.
  • Extract from : « Richard Carvel, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • The blue line of tremulous mountain was scrolled along a horizon that flamed crimson in the setting sun.
  • Extract from : « The Bishop of Cottontown » by John Trotwood Moore
  • In the little back parlor, at a round mahogany table with scrolled edges and claw toes, sat facing the light Mistress White.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science » by Various
  • Presently Ernesto came and turned on an electric bulb that hung over the scrolled iron work of the outer gate.
  • Extract from : « The Red Redmaynes » by Eden Phillpotts
  • So at last they arrived at the city gate, which was a gate all scrolled and patterned with precious gems.
  • Extract from : « The Uncrowned King » by Harold Bell Wright
  • During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries they may often be found hacked and scrolled.
  • Extract from : « The Dates of Variously-shaped Shields » by George Grazebrook

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