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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Scrow,) Scroll, v. [e.m.E. scrool (1606) to write in a scroll or in the form of a scroll; Scrow n.1] a. tr. To draw up, draft a document, letter, etc.1638 Johnston Diary I 319.
I fell to the band, quhairof we scrolled the narrative 1660 Glasgow B. Rec. II 445.
The provest having red some instructiounes alreddie scrolled and drawne wp be him, they wer allowed and approvine 1660 Wodrow Hist. (1828) I 71.
Some of their number … found them with petitions subscribed, and some papers and letters scrolled 1662 Conv. Burghs III 553.
The instructiones … being allreadie scrolled and weived be the comissioneris ar heirby ordained … to be insert and registrat in thair register 1664 Wodrow Hist. (1828) I 405.
He dictated it, and caused scroll it, and read it over, and transcribe it; and after he again heard it read, signed it
b. To record (events).a1649 Drummond II 46/317.
But thou in thy great archieues scrolled hast … what euer yet hath past
