See escroll on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "See escrow and scroll.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "escrolls",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "escrol",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"A scroll."
],
"id": "en-escroll-en-noun-IzocPd8r",
"links": [
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A scroll."
],
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]
},
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"name": "Heraldry",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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{
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"kind": "other",
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{
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"ref": "1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 238:",
"text": "Or, on a bend sable, three ostrich feathers argent, the quills transfixed through as many escrolls gold. - Sir Roger de CLARENDON, [natural son of Edward the Black Prince].",
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}
],
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"A long strip or scroll (resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment), sometimes bearing a motto or other text, either (rarely) used as a charge upon the shield, or placed above the shield and supporting the crest, or below the shield."
],
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],
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"scroll",
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],
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],
[
"parchment",
"parchment"
],
[
"motto",
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
"shield",
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],
[
"crest",
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]
],
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"(heraldry) A long strip or scroll (resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment), sometimes bearing a motto or other text, either (rarely) used as a charge upon the shield, or placed above the shield and supporting the crest, or below the shield."
],
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"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"monarchy",
"nobility",
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}
],
"word": "escroll"
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"English lemmas",
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"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "See escrow and scroll.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "escrolls",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "escrol",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
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"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
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"A scroll."
],
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"(obsolete) A scroll."
],
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"ref": "1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 238:",
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"A long strip or scroll (resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment), sometimes bearing a motto or other text, either (rarely) used as a charge upon the shield, or placed above the shield and supporting the crest, or below the shield."
],
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],
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"strip",
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],
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"scroll",
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],
[
"ribbon",
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],
[
"parchment",
"parchment"
],
[
"motto",
"motto"
],
[
"text",
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[
"charge",
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],
[
"shield",
"shield"
],
[
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"(heraldry) A long strip or scroll (resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment), sometimes bearing a motto or other text, either (rarely) used as a charge upon the shield, or placed above the shield and supporting the crest, or below the shield."
],
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"government",
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"hobbies",
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"monarchy",
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]
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],
"word": "escroll"
}
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