windrowing
present participle of windrow
Source: Wiktionary
Wind"row`, n. Etym: [Wind + row.]
1. A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.
2. Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them. [Eng.]
3. The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it. [Eng.]
Wind"row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Windrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Windrowing.]
Definition: To arrange in lines or windrows, as hay when newly made. Forby.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
