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escroll|ɛˈskrəʊl|
Forms: 6–7 escrowle, 7–8 escrol(e, -olle, 7– escroll.
[ad. OF. escroele, dim. of escroe: see next and scroll.]
†1. Law. = escrow. Obs.
1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 102 To deliuer a Writing, or a Bill as an Escroll is vnknowne vnto all Merchants there. 1642Perkins Prof. Bk. i. §9. 5 If..shee deliver the same deed unto a stranger as an Escrowle, upon condition that, etc. 1736Carte Ormonde I. 569 They signed the instrument of the peace to agree it might lie as an escroll in the hands of the Marquis of Clanricarde.
2. Her. = scroll.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xx. (1611) 160 With one Escrole hauing this Motto Ich Dien. 1706Hearne Collect. 25 Mar. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) I. 209 Underneath there is this Escrolle, Memoria pij æterna. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. x. 463 Ancient families converted their war-cries into mottos, which they placed upon escrols above their crests. 1868Regul. & Ord. Army 8 The Motto ‘Virtutis fortuna comes’ in an Escrole above. |