glossary

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====**Aisle:**is, in general (common), a space for walking with rows of seats on both sides or with rows of seats on one side and a wall on the other. ====

** Causeway: ** is a road or railway route across a broad b ody of water or wetland raised up on an embankment.

 **Cedarwood:**comes from several different trees that grow in different parts of the world, and may have different uses.

**Coating**: is a covering that is applied to the surface of an object, usually referred to as the **substrate**.

**Crane:**an industrial machinery for lifting.

**Dragged:** to cause to trail along a surface 

**Heaven:**is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit.

**Hill:**is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain.

**Limestone:**is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate (CaCO3).

**Merchant:** is a businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others, in order to earn a profit.

**Minaret:** is a distinctive architectural feature of Islamic mosques, generally a tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown, usually either free standing or taller than any associated support structure.

**Mosques:** is a place of worship for followers of Islam.

**Painstakingly:** the action of taking pains **:** diligent care and effort.

**Polished:**a) made smooth and shiny, as by rubbing. b) having a naturally smooth and shiny surface.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Ramp:** a ramp by which one enters a limited-access highway

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Sandbars:** is a somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand , silt or small pebbles.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Scepter:**is a symbolic ornamental rod or wand borne in the hand by a ruling monarch as an item of royal or imperial insignia.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Sleds:** a vehicle usually on runners for transportation especially on snow or ice; //especially// **:**a small steerable one used especially by children for coasting down snow-covered hills.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Timber:** a large squared or dressed piece of wood ready for use or forming part of a structure.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Tomb:**is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes.