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SUM'MER, n. One who casts up an account. SUM'MER, n. With us, the season of the year comprehended in the months June, July and August; during which time, the sun being north of the equator, shines more directly upon this part of the earth, which, together with the increased length of the days, renders this the hottest period of the year. In latitudes south of the equator, just the opposite takes place, or it is summer there when it is winter here. The entire year is also sometimes divided into summer and winter, the former signifying the warmer and the latter the colder part of the year.SUM'MER, v.i. To pass the summer or warm season. The fowls shall summer upon them. Is.18.SUM'MER, v.t. To keep warm. [Little used.] SUM'MER, n. 1. A large stone, the first that is laid over columns and pilasters, beginning to make a cross vault; or a stone laid over a column, and hollowed to receive the first haunce of a platband.2. A large timber supported on two stone piers or posts, serving as a lintel to a door or window, &c.3. A large timber or beam laid as a central floor timber, inserted into the girders, and receiving the ends of the joists and supporting them. This timber is seen in old buildings in America and in France. In America, it is wholly laid aside. It is called in England summer-tree.
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SUM'MER, n. One who casts up an account. SUM'MER, n. With us, the season of the year comprehended in the months June, July and August; during which time, the sun being north of the equator, shines more directly upon this part of the earth, which, together with the increased length of the days, renders this the hottest period of the year. In latitudes south of the equator, just the opposite takes place, or it is summer there when it is winter here. The entire year is also sometimes divided into summer and winter, the former signifying the warmer and the latter the colder part of the year.SUM'MER, v.i. To pass the summer or warm season. The fowls shall summer upon them. Is.18.SUM'MER, v.t. To keep warm. [Little used.] SUM'MER, n. 1. A large stone, the first that is laid over columns and pilasters, beginning to make a cross vault; or a stone laid over a column, and hollowed to receive the first haunce of a platband.2. A large timber supported on two stone piers or posts, serving as a lintel to a door or window, &c.3. A large timber or beam laid as a central floor timber, inserted into the girders, and receiving the ends of the joists and supporting them. This timber is seen in old buildings in America and in France. In America, it is wholly laid aside. It is called in England summer-tree. | SUM'MER, n.1One who casts up an account. – Sherwood. SUM'MER, n.2 [Sax. sumer, sumor; G. and Dan. sommer; D. zomer; Sw. sommar; Ir. samh, the sun, and summer, and samhradh, summer.]With us, the season of the year comprehended in the months June, July and August; during which time, the sun being north of the equator, shines more directly upon this part of the earth, which, together with the increased length of the days, renders this the hottest period of the year. In latitudes south of the equator, just the opposite takes place, or it is summer there when it is winter here.
The entire year is also sometimes divided into summer and winter, the former signifying the warmer and the latter the colder part of the year.
Indian Summer, in the United States, a period of warm weather late in autumn, when, it is said, the Indians go hunting to supply themselves with the flesh of wild animals for provisions in the winter. SUM'MER, n.3 [Fr. somnier, a hair quilt, the sound-board of an organ, the winter and head of a printer's press, a large beam and a sumpter horse; W. sumer, that which supports or keeps together, a summer. From the latter explanation, we may infer that summer is from the root of sum.]- A large stone, the first that is laid over columns and pilasters, beginning to make a cross vault; or a stone laid over a column, and hollowed to receive the first haunce of a platband. – Cyc.
- A large timber supported on two stone piers or posts, serving as a lintel to a door or window, &c. – Cyc.
- A large timber or beam laid as a central floor timber, inserted into the girders, and receiving the ends of the joists and supporting them. This timber is seen in old buildings in America and in France. In America, it is wholly laid aside. It is called in England summer-tree.
SUM'MER, v.i.To pass the summer or warm season.
The fowls shall summer upon them. – Is. xviii. SUM'MER, v.t.To keep warm. [Little used.] – Shak. | Sum"mer
- One who sums; one who casts up an
account.
- 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.
- The season of the year in which the sun shines most
directly upon any region; the warmest period of the year.
- To pass the summer] to spend the warm season;
as, to summer in Switzerland.
- To keep or carry
through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer
stock.
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Summer SUM'MER, noun One who casts up an account. SUM'MER, noun With us, the season of the year comprehended in the months June, July and August; during which time, the sun being north of the equator, shines more directly upon this part of the earth, which, together with the increased length of the days, renders this the hottest period of the year. In latitudes south of the equator, just the opposite takes place, or it is summer there when it is winter here. The entire year is also sometimes divided into summer and winter, the former signifying the warmer and the latter the colder part of the year. SUM'MER, verb intransitive To pass the summer or warm season. The fowls shall summer upon them. Isaiah 18:6. SUM'MER, verb transitive To keep warm. [Little used.] SUM'MER, noun 1. A large stone, the first that is laid over columns and pilasters, beginning to make a cross vault; or a stone laid over a column, and hollowed to receive the first haunce of a platband. 2. A large timber supported on two stone piers or posts, serving as a lintel to a door or window, etc. 3. A large timber or beam laid as a central floor timber, inserted into the girders, and receiving the ends of the joists and supporting them. This timber is seen in old buildings in America and in France. In America, it is wholly laid aside. It is called in England summer-tree.
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