Definition of Summer. Meaning of Summer. Synonyms of Summer

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Definition of Summer

Summer
Summer Sum"mer, n. [From Sum, v.] One who sums; one who casts up an account.
Summer
Summer Sum"mer, n. [F. sommier a rafter, the same word as sommier a beast of burden. See Sumpter.] (Arch.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree.
Summer
Summer Sum"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Summered; p. pr. & vb. n. Summering.] To pass the summer; to spend the warm season; as, to summer in Switzerland. The fowls shall summer upon them. --Isa. xviii. 6.
Summer
Summer Sum"mer, v. t. To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock.

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