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Glossary
* creek bed -
noun: a channel occupied, or formally occupied, by a stream.
found: page 38, paragraph 5.
* pendentives -
noun: a triangular section of vaulting between the rim of a dome and each adjacent pair of the arches that support it.
found: page 43, paragraph 1.
* truss -
verb: 1. to tie, bind, or fasten./ 2. to make fast with skewers, thread, or the like, as the wings or legs of a fowl in preparation for cooking./ 3. to furnish or support with a truss or trusses.
found: page 43, paragraph 2.
* extant -
adjective: in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost.
found: page 47, paragraph 3.
* repast -
noun: 1.a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating./ 2. a meal.
found: page 47, paragraph 4.
* bowery -
noun: a shaded, leafy recess; an arbor.
found: page 47, paragraph 4.
* mortising -
verb: 1.to secure with a mortise and tenon./ 2. to cut or form a mortise in (a piece of wood or the like)./ 3. to join securely.
found: page 52, paragraph 6.
* tallow -
noun: the fatty tissue or suet of animals.
found: page 59, paragraph 5.
* memorandum -
noun: 1.a short note designating something to be remembered, esp. something to be done or acted upon in the future; reminder./ 2. a record or written statement of something.
found: page 59, paragraph 5.
* artisan -
noun:a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
found: page 57, paragraph 5.
* vicarious -
adjective:performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another.
found: page 56, paragraph 6.