descent vs windrow

descent

noun
  • A sloping passage or incline. 

  • A particular extension of the idea of gluing. 

  • A falling upon or invasion. 

  • A drop to a lower status or condition; decline. 

  • Lineage or hereditary derivation. 

  • An instance of descending; act of coming down. 

  • A way down. 

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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