orb vs windrow

orb

noun
  • A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry. 

  • A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star 

  • An orbit of an heavenly body 

  • Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel 

  • A sphere of action. 

  • A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics)) 

  • A blank window or panel. 

  • One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions 

  • The time period of an orbit 

  • A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere 

  • The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity 

  • A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal or imperial power 

verb
  • To encircle; to surround; to enclose. 

  • To become round like an orb. 

  • To form into an orb or circle. 

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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