Definition of summer

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

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Summertree :: Summertide (n.) Summer time.
Savory :: Savory (n.) An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory..
Summerstir :: Summerset (n.) See Somersault, Somerset..
Ptarmigan :: Ptarmigan (n.) Any grouse of the genus Lagopus, of which numerous species are known. The feet are completely feathered. Most of the species are brown in summer, but turn white, or nearly white, in winter..
Summer :: Summer (v.) One who sums; one who casts up an account.
Solstitial :: Solstitial (a.) Happening at a solstice; esp. (with reference to the northern hemisphere), happening at the summer solstice, or midsummer..
Low :: Low (superl.) Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer..
Ringneck :: Ringneck (n.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover (Ae. semipalmata) and the piping plover (Ae. meloda) are common North American species. Called also ring plover, and ring-necked plover..
Alternation :: Alternation (n.) The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear..
Visite :: Visite (n.) A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women in summer.
Summer-fallow :: Summer (v. t.) To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock..
Uredo :: Uredo (n.) One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts (Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage. See Uredinales, in the Supplement..
Summer :: Summer (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. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree..
Brestsummer :: Brestsummer (n.) See Breastsummer.
Fallow Deer :: Fallow deer () A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks..
Transsummer :: Transsummer (n.) See Transom, 2..
Summertide :: Summerstir (v. t.) To summer-fallow.
Aestivate :: Aestivate (v. i.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor.
Kiosk :: Kiosk (n.) A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars..
Plaice :: Plaice (n.) A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species..
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