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Summer
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SUM'MER. See Seasons.
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SUM'MER. See Seasons.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 5
Part of speech: noun (n.)
One who sums; one who casts up an account.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 5
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. 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.
2. A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 5
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region; the warmest period of the year.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 5
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To pass the summer; to spend the warm season; as, to summer in Switzerland. The fowls shall summer upon them. Isa. xviii. 6.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 5 of 5
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock.