egret vs scroll

egret

noun
  • The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle. 

  • A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament. 

  • Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. 

scroll

noun
  • Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant. 

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

  • A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow. 

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

  • An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern. 

  • A turbinate bone. 

  • A skew surface. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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

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

  • To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically. 

  • 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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