scroll

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
2. 2
   An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
3. 3
   Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.
4. 4
   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.
5. 5
   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.
6. 6
   A skew surface.
7. 7
   A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape.
8. 8
   The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.
9. 9
   A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow.
10. 10
    A turbinate bone.
11. 11
    A rough draft of anything.
12. 12
    The act of scrolling

Verb

1. 1
   To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using an input device or touch screen.
2. 2
   To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.
3. 3
   To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read.
4. 4
   To draft; to write in rough outline.