batter vs windrow

batter

noun
  • An incline on the outer face of a built wall. 

  • A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying. 

  • A paste of clay or loam. 

  • A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form. 

  • A binge; a heavy drinking session. 

  • The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat. 

  • The player now receiving strike; the striker. 

  • A player of the batting side now on the field. 

  • Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler. 

verb
  • To defeat soundly; to thrash. 

  • To hit or strike violently and repeatedly. 

  • To intoxicate. 

  • To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly. 

  • To coat with batter (the food ingredient). 

  • To slope (of walls, buildings etc.). 

windrow

noun
  • A ridge or berm at a perimeter 

  • The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it. 

  • A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade. 

  • A long snowbank along the side of a road. 

  • A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind. 

  • A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation. 

  • A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade. 

  • A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. 

verb
  • To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows. 

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