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English Dictionary: Summer by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
summer
n
  1. the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"
    Synonym(s): summer, summertime
  2. the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty; "the golden summer of his life"
v
  1. spend the summer; "We summered in Kashmir"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Summer \Sum"mer\, v. t.
      To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the
      summer; as, to summer stock.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Summer \Sum"mer\, n. [From {Sum}, v.]
      One who sums; one who casts up an account.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Summer \Sum"mer\, n. [F. sommier a rafter, the same word as
      sommier a beast of burden. See {Sumpter}.] (Arch.)
      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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Summer \Sum"mer\, n. [OE. sumer, somer, AS. sumor, sumer; akin
      to OFries. sumur, D. zomer, OS. sumar, G. sommer, OHG. &
      Icel. sumar, Dan. sommer, Sw. sommar, W. haf, Zend hama, Skr.
      sam[be] year. [fb]292.]
      The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly
      upon any region; the warmest period of the year.
  
      Note: North of the equator summer is popularly taken to
               include the months of June, July, and August.
               Astronomically it may be considered, in the northern
               hemisphere, to begin with the summer solstice, about
               June 21st, and to end with the autumnal equinox, about
               September 22d.
  
      {Indian summer}, in North America, a period of warm weather
            late in autumn, usually characterized by a clear sky, and
            by a hazy or smoky appearance of the atmosphere,
            especially near the horizon. The name is derived probably
            from the custom of the Indians of using this time in
            preparation for winter by laying in stores of food.
  
      {Saint Martin's summer}. See under {Saint}.
  
      {Summer bird} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Summer colt}, the undulating state of the air near the
            surface of the ground when heated. [Eng.]
  
      {Summer complaint} (Med.), a popular term for any diarrheal
            disorder occurring in summer, especially when produced by
            heat and indigestion.
  
      {Summer coot} (Zo[94]l.), the American gallinule. [Local,
            U.S.]
  
      {Summer cypress} (Bot.), an annual plant ({Kochia Scoparia})
            of the Goosefoot family. It has narrow, ciliate, crowded
            leaves, and is sometimes seen in gardens.
  
      {Summer duck}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The wood duck.
      (b) The garganey, or summer teal. See Illust. of {Wood duck},
            under {Wood}.
  
      {Summer fallow}, land uncropped and plowed, etc., during the
            summer, in order to pulverize the soil and kill the weeds.
           
  
      {Summer rash} (Med.), prickly heat. See under {Prickly}.
  
      {Summer sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser. [Local,
            U.S.]
  
      {Summer snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The dunlin.
      (b) The common European sandpiper.
      (c) The green sandpiper.
  
      {Summer tanager} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Piranga rubra})
            native of the Middle and Southern United States. The male
            is deep red, the female is yellowish olive above and
            yellow beneath. Called also {summer redbird}.
  
      {Summer teal} (Zo[94]l.), the blue-winged teal. [Local, U.S.]
           
  
      {Summer wheat}, wheat that is sown in the spring, and matures
            during the summer following. See {Spring wheat}.
  
      {Summer yellowbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Yellowbird}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Summer \Sum"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Summered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Summering}.]
      To pass the summer; to spend the warm season; as, to summer
      in Switzerland.
  
               The fowls shall summer upon them.            --Isa. xviii.
                                                                              6.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SUMMER
  
      String manipulation and pattern matching language by Klint &
      Sint at {CWI} in the late 1970s.   It was recently used as the
      input and implementation language for the {Dataflow Compiler
      Project} at {CWI}.
  
      ["An Overview of the SUMMER Programming Language", Paul Klint,
      7th POPL, ACM 1980, pp. 47-55].
  
  
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