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SCROLL , a See also:strip or See also:roll of See also:paper, See also:parchment, &c . The word in See also:Mid . Eng. was See also:screw, and came from Fr. escrou, See also:modern ecrou; the See also:French See also:form is preserved in the legal See also:term " escrow " (see See also:DEED); the French diminutive escrouel gave the See also:English form " scroll." The Fr. escrou is of See also:Teutonic origin and is connected with "shred," "shard" and "sherd"; and meant a " shred " of paper . The term is sometimes given in See also:architecture to the See also:volute of the Ionic See also:capital, to the termination of the See also:hand-See also:rail of a See also:staircase, and also to the See also:wave-like decorations of See also:Roman red glazed pottery, and more particularly in Samian See also:ware . |
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