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summer

1. sum.mer \'s*m-*r\ n [ME sumer, fr. OE sumor; akin to OHG & ON sumer 
   summer, Skt (Xsama- year, season 1: the season between spring and autumn 
   comprising usu. the months of June,  July, and August or as reckoned 
   astronomically extending from the June solstice to the September equinox 2: 
   the warmer half of the year 
2. summer \'s*m-(*-)rin\ vb or sum.mer.ing : to pass the summer  : to keep 
   or carry through the summer; esp : to provide with past ure during the 
   summer
3. summer n [ME, packhorse, beam, fr. MF somier, fr. (assumed) VL 
   sagmarius, fr]. LL sagma packsaddle, fr. Gk : a large horizontal beam or 
   stone used esp. in building : as  : the lintel of a door or window  : a 
   stone forming the cap of a pier (as to support a lintel or arch)