The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scroll \Scroll\, n. [A dim. of OE. scroue, scrowe (whence E.
   escrow), OF. escroe, escroue, F. ['e]crou entry in the jail
   book, LL. scroa scroll, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OD.
   schroode a strip, shred, slip of paper, akin to E. shred. Cf.
   Shred, Escrow.]
   1. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a
      roll; a schedule; a list.
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            The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll.
                                                  --Isa. xxxiv.
                                                  4.
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            Here is the scroll of every man's name. --Shak.
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   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.
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   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.
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   4. (Geom.) Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.
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   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rule \Rule\, n.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   Syn: regulation; law; precept; maxim; guide; canon; order;
        method; direction; control; government; sway; empire.
        [1913 Webster] Rule \Rule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruled;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Ruling.] [Cf. OF. riuler, ruiler, L.
   regulare. See Rule, n., and cf. Regulate.]
   1. To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority
      or dominion over; to govern; to manage. --Chaucer.
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            A bishop then must be blameless; . . . one that
            ruleth well his own house, having his children in
            subjection.                           --1 Tim. iii.
                                                  2, 4.
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   2. To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion;
      to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive.
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            I think she will be ruled
            In all respects by me.                --Shak.
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   3. To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by
      universal or general consent, or by common practice.
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            That's are ruled case with the schoolmen.
                                                  --Atterbury.
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   4. (Law) To require or command by rule; to give as a
      direction or order of court.
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   5. To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided
      by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means
      of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result;
      as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book.
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   Ruled surface (Geom.), any surface that may be described by
      a straight line moving according to a given law; -- called
      also a scroll.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scroll
    n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as
         formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl,
         roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll]
    2: a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) [syn:
       scroll, roll]
    v 1: move through text or graphics in order to display parts
         that do not fit on the screen; "Scroll down to see the
         entire text"

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

SCROLL

   String and Character Recording Oriented Logogrammatic
   Language.

   ["SCROLL - A Pattern Recording Language", M. Sargent, Proc
   SJCC 36 (1970)].

   (1994-12-01)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

scroll

    (From a scroll of paper) To change the portion of
   a document displayed in a window or on a VDU screen.  In a
   graphical user interface, scrolling is usually controlled by
   the user via scroll bars, whereas on a VDU the text scrolls
   up automatically as lines of data are output at the bottom of
   the screen.

   (2001-04-27)