Summer

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·v One who sums; one who casts up an Account.

II. Summer ·vi To pass the summer; to spend the warm season; as, to summer in Switzerland.

III. Summer ·vt To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock.

IV. Summer ·noun The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region; the warmest period of the year.

V. Summer ·noun 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.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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