Scroll

(skrōl.) [From roll.] A mark or flourish appended to a person's signature, by way of substitute for a seal or sign-manual.- (Arch.) The volute of the capital in the Corinthian and Ionic orders; also, a kind of ornamentation appearing like a band arranged in convolutions. (Shipbuilding.) A curvilineal piece of timber bolted to the knee of the head as a species of embellishment to the same. -(Her.) That portion of the paraphernalia of an escutcheon which is charged with the motto. [s. 807]