Linen scroll (Arch.) See under Linen. -- Scroll chuck (Mach.), an
adjustable chuck, applicable to a lathe spindle, for centering and
holding work, in which the jaws are adjusted and tightened
simultaneously by turning a disk having in its face a spiral groove
which is entered by teeth on the backs of the jaws. -- Scroll saw. See
under Saw.
Scrolled (?), a. Formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned
with scrolls; as, scrolled work.
||Scroph`u*la"ri*a (?), n. [NL. So called because it was reputed to be
||a remedy for scrofula.] (Bot.) A genus of coarse herbs having small
||flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.
Scroph`u*la`ri*a"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a very large
natural order of gamopetalous plants (Scrophulariaceæ, or
Scrophularineæ), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a
two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon,
figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the
Paulownia.
Scro"tal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the scrotum; as, scrotal
hernia.
Scro"ti*form (?), a. [L. scrotum scrotum + -form.] Purse-shaped;
pouch-shaped.
Scro"to*cele (?), n. [Scrotum + Gr. kh`lh a tumor: cf. F. scrotocèle.]
(Med.) A rupture or hernia in the scrotum; scrotal hernia.
||Scro"tum (?), n. [L.] (Anat.) The bag or pouch which contains the
||testicles; the cod.
Scrouge (?), v. t. [Etymol. uncertain.] To crowd; to squeeze. [Prov.
Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
Scrow (? or ?), n. [See Escrow, Scroll.] 1. A scroll. [Obs.] Palsgrave.