scroll
noun
[ skrəʊl ]
• a roll of parchment or paper for writing on.
• the facility which moves a display on a computer screen in order to view new material.
• "if scroll is enabled, the window scrolls down"
scroll
verb
• move displayed text or graphics in a particular direction on a computer screen in order to view different parts of them.
• "she scrolled through her file"
• cause to move like paper rolling or unrolling.
• "the wind scrolled back the uppermost layer of loose dust"
Origin:
late Middle English: alteration of obsolete scrow ‘roll’, shortening of escrow.
