Word Finder - scrolls

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A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.

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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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Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.

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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.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill.

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The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head.

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A skew surface.

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A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape.

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I ordered a glass of lemonade and a coffee scroll.

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The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.

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(hydraulics) A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow.

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A turbinate bone.

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To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel to move in gradual increments.

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She scrolled the offending image out of view.

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To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.

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The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen.

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To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read.

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Hey, stop scrolling!

He reached under the table for one of the scrolls.

On the sides of the cake, she drew the Toyota emblem, finishing up with some scrolls.

The Ark of the Law, in the Jewish synagogue, is a chest or cupboard containing the scrolls of the Torah (Pentateuch), and is placed against or in the wall in the direction of Jerusalem.

At the head or at the end of the text designs composed of cross-hatchings, cables, dotted patterns and scrolls, sometimes with birds or simple domestic objects, are found.

The enamelled decoration on the lamps is restricted to lettering, scrolls and conventional foliage; on other objects figure-subjects of all descriptions are freely used.

The struggles of the great rival clans, replete with episodes of the most tragic and stirring character, inspired quasi-historical narrations of a more popular character, which often took the form of illuminated scrolls.

From the early part of the 8th century they began to ornament it with dust of gold or mother-of-pearl, and throughout the Heian epoch (9th to 12th century) they added pictorial designs, though of a formal character, the chief motives being floral subjects, arabesques and scrolls.

Two other volumes of his manuscript notes, scrolls of poems, &c., are preserved among the Drummond MSS., now in the library of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

In the crannog of Lisnacroghera, county Antrim, iron swords, with sheaths of thin bronze ornamented with scrolls characteristic of the Late Celtic style, iron daggers, an iron spear-head 162 in.

These are combined in wreaths, scrolls and frets, as exquisite in design as they are beautiful in colour, and relieved by the pure white marble in which they are inlaid, they form the most beautiful and precious style of ornament ever adopted in architecture.

Taking first the sagas relating to Icelanders, of which some thirty-five or forty remain out of thrice that number, they were first written down between 1140 and 1220, in the generation which succeeded Ari and felt the g impulse his books had given to writing, on separate scrolls, no doubt mainly for the reciter's convenience; they then went through the different phases which such popular compositions have to pass in all lands - editing and compounding (1220-1260), padding and amplifying (1260-1300), and finally collection in large MSS.

We have also complex sagas put together in the 13th century out of the scrolls relating to a given locality, such a group as still exists untouched in Vapnfcrdinga being fused into such a saga as Niala or Laxdeela.

The internal decorations, especially the enormous quantity of wall ornaments, consisting chiefly of scrolls and bas-reliefs, were executed by different sculptors under the personal direction of Malatesta, who, even when engaged in war, sent continual instructions about their work.

A Victorian silver oval cruet stand with embossed foliate and floral scrolls, molded scroll rim and central handle.

Right through the scrolls runs a tremendous stress on the due observance of the liturgical year.

They are a set of eight scrolls with a wooden pagoda in which the charms were originally issued.

The building features decorative plasterwork with scrolls and caryatids, and is one of the countries finest examples of a Victorian theater.

At the base, on each corner, is a small rectangular projection above which sit carved scrolls running up the corners.

The Ark is a cupboard in which the torah scrolls are kept.

The 15-foot high pillar's sides are covered with high quality carved runes, vine scrolls, knot patterns, and sacred symbols.

Mendel Dessau was a poor scribe - a writer of scrolls - and his son Moses in his boyhood developed curvature of the spine.

Table services of Owari porcelain the ware itself excellently manipulated and of almost egg-shell fineness2re now decorated with floral scrolls, landscapes, insects, birds, figure-subjects and al sorts of designs, chaste, elaborate or quaint; and these services, representing so much artistic labor and originality, are, sold for prices that bear no due ratio to the skill required in their manufacture.

The reverence paid to their holy books by Jews in antiquity meant that old or damaged scrolls were replaced regularly by fresh copies.

The body being finely chased with flowers and scrolls in the late rococo style as are the top portion of the bells.

The Ark is a cupboard in which the Torah scrolls are kept.

The 15-foot high pillar 's sides are covered with high quality carved runes, vine scrolls, knot patterns, and sacred symbols.

The library is said to have contained hundreds of thousands of papyrus and vellum scrolls.

Over 4 pilasters just above the cornice at roof level there are four wreathed heads surrounded with floral scrolls.

The rotation quickly scrolls up or down a page.

Curved edges and scrolls a la 18th century French furniture was the most popular style in the early and middle Victorian period.

They can be as simple as caps placed on the end of the rod or they can be ornately carved into arrows, scrolls, leaves, pineapples, balls or other abstract shapes.

Wrought iron and metal furniture with intricate scrolls is some of the most elegant looking French style furniture, like it came right out of a French country chateau.

Use scrolls for your invitations, just like the men from the palace did when searching for Cinderella.

If scrolls prove too difficult or expensive to mail, go scroll style with the programs instead.

Brownstone Damask- Elegant, silvery metallic scrolls layered over a steel gray background, mixed with royal purple accents on the decorative pillows make this pattern a great choice for an upscale, formal master bedroom.

Many seniors say that playing games like Final Fantasy, Guild Wars or The Elder Scrolls keep them connected with others in their virtual worlds.

Johnny Carson described his retirement as, "It's just a television show, not the Dead Sea Scrolls."

Scrolls that intertwine along the temple line only heightens the drama.

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Sometimes you are given a basic task to start out with and then little bits of clues will form, giving you a major task (like in Elder Scrolls).

Developer Bethesda has been working on Elder Scrolls since 2002.

The Elder Scrolls 3 - Morrowind is the third in the widely popular PC role-playing game series.

Great Spin Attack - Visit the dojo in Castor Wilds after collecting seven Tiger Scrolls.

For the ultimate quest, seek out Warhammer texts, books, scrolls and anything have to do with Warhammer lore.

They get the licenses too, like Elder Scrolls, Sonic, and Heavenly Sword.

Jewish tombstones will have symbols on them such as the Star of David, lions, a menorah, scrolls or the tablets with the 10 Commandments.

The Chinese love character is the subject of many beautiful paintings, scrolls and other types of artwork.

Windows and doors are painted and then decorated with paper scrolls with blessings of "wealth", "good fortune" and "longevity."