Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished.
Arbuthnot.
-- Scrof"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Scrof"u*lous*ness, n.
Scrog (?), n. [Cf. Scrag, or Gael. sgrogag anything shriveled, from
sgrog to compress, shrivel.] A stunted shrub, bush, or branch. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
Scrog"gy (?), a. Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.
Scroll (?), n. [A dim. of OE. scroue, scrowe (whence E. escrow), OF.
escroe, escroue, F. écrou entry in the jail book, LL. scroa scroll,
probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OD. schroode a strip, shred, slip of
paper, akin to E. shred. Cf. Shred, Escrow.] 1. A roll of paper or
parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll.
Isa. xxxiv. 4.
Here is the scroll of every man's name.
Shak.
2. (Arch.) 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. 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.] Burrill.