

May 3, 2016 This week’s theme

Words that appear misspelled



This week’s words

gapeseed

windrow

unwonted

angor

refect



Photo: Daniel Plazanet Words that appear misspelled A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



windrow PRONUNCIATION: (WIND-ro)

MEANING: noun: 1. A row of raked hay laid to dry in the wind before being baled. 2. A row of leaves, dust, snow, or other material swept together.

verb tr.: To arrange in a windrow.

ETYMOLOGY: From wind + row, from Old English row + raew. Earliest documented use: 1523.

USAGE: “If the crop was harvested, it should be placed in windrows up to 2.5m high and 6m wide.”

Pat Deavoll; Beet Success is All in the Preparation; Timaru Herald (New Zealand); Mar 28, 2015.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. -Niccolo Machiavelli, political philosopher and author (3 May 1469-1527)





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