SUMMER

n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

One who sums; one who casts up an account.

2.
n.

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.

3.
n.

A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree.

4.
n.

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

5.
v.

To pass the summer; to spend the warm season; as, to summer in Switzerland. The fowls shall summer upon them. Isa. xviii. 6.

6.
v.

To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock.

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