scrolledadj.
/skrəʊld/ 1.
a. In the form of, or decorated with, scrolls.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > curves or spirals
waved1547
water-waved1599
scrolled1603
undulate1658
undulated1664
vermiculated1707
gadrooned1726
scrolling1936
1603 Inventory 29 Mar. in J. Gage Hist. & Antiq. Hengrave, Suffolk (1822) 26 Itm, two scrowled cheyers.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. v. 77 Grim doors, with conspicuous scrolled hinges.
1887 J. J. Hissey Holiday on Road 27 The scrolled plaster-work between the oaken beams.
b. transferred. Curled.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > curled or curling
crimpedeOE
crumpled14..
lockering1513
curled1577
frizzled1596
curling1632
craped1728
incrispated1747
rolled1752
scrolly1845
scrolled1863
crimpy1871
quirled1893
1863 G. A. Sala Last Crusader 208 The haughty angelica, the scrolled acanthus.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. i. 7 An envoy with a scrolled mustache.
2. Inscribed with mottoes.
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society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [adjective] > bearing inscription > motto
posied1609
scrolled1875
1875 W. E. Henley Bk. Verses (1888) 69 The silken shrouds with spells are manned, The hull is magically scrolled.
3. Anatomy. (See quot. 1891.)
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1891 Cent. Dict. Scrolled, in anat., turbinated as a bone; scroll-like.
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