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pg 97 "they were  braced in place by a horizontal girder..."
def. a large iron or steel beam or compound structure used for building bridges and the framework of large buildings.
a girder can be on any metal or constructive building

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pg 97 "it was a bowstring truss seventy feet high."
def. a framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure.
a bridge has a truss.

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pg 92 "frightful was in her nuptial plumage."
def. the specialized plumage assumed by the males of many birds while the gonads are enlarging prior to the start of the annual breeding period and characterized by greater brilliance of color and form than that of the non-breeding males — called also breeding plumage; compare eclipse plumage.
there was a lot of changes during nuptial plumage.

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pg 90 "The breeding season was over, and she was molting."
def.   shed old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, to make way for a new growth.
I have never seen molting of a bird or skin

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pg 89 "he peered up the statuesque figure sitting quietly..."
def.  attractively tall and dignified.
I sit statuesquely when I am in school

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pg 85 "there was a clamor of voices"
def.  a loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting vehemently.
I heard a clamor of voices on the baseball field

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pg 84 "some said they could smell the acrid  scent of her scorched feathers..."
def of acrid. having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell.
def of scorched.burn the surface of (something) with flame or heat.
some foods are acrid and scorched when my family cooks