sisham

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sisham - East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties

Dalbergia sissoo, sissoo, sissu

Dalbergia, genus Dalbergia - large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers

tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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When we three were comfortably settled under the big sisham in front of the bungalow, and the first rush of questions and answers about Privates Ortheris and Learoyd and old times and places had died away, Mulvaney said, reflectively - "Glory be, there's no p'rade to-morrow, an' no bun-headed Corp'ril-bhoy to give you his lip.

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The plan proposes underpinning with fine dressed brick masonry at the salt affected parts of walls, providing and fixing wooden 'jaalis' of Shisham wood, restoration of old wood doors, providing and inserting Sisham wood beams in brick masonry, application of lime plaster on exterior and interior of dome, restoration of Fresco work, Stucco tracery work, glazed kashi tile work, upgradation of platform and graves, brick flooring, and electrification of tomb.

Govt approves Rs30m to restore historic Multan site

The plan proposes underpinning with fine dressed brick masonry at the salt affected parts of walls, providing and fixing wooden 'Jaalies' of Shisham wood, restoration of old wood doors, providing and inserting Sisham wood beams in brick masonry, application of lime plaster on exterior and interior of dome, restoration of Fresco work, Stucco tracery work, glazed kashi tile work, upgradation of platform and graves, brick flooring, and electrification of tomb.