summery


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
summer1
noun
  • 1 the season after spring and before autumn, when the weather is warmest.

    Astronomy the period from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox.

  • 2 (summers) literary years, especially of a person's age.
verb spend the summer in a particular place.

■ pasture (cattle) for the summer.

– derivatives
summery adjective.
– origin OE sumor, of Gmc origin.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
summer2 (also summer tree)
noun a horizontal bearing beam, especially one supporting joists or rafters.
– origin ME: from OFr. somier ‘packhorse’, from late L. sagmarius, from Gk sagma ‘packsaddle’.
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