n. (Arch.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows. [ Written also brestsummer and bressummer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Breastsummer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consummatus, p. p. or consummare to accomplish, sum up; con- + summa sum. See Sum. ] Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect. “A man of perfect and consummate virtue.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. Motley [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Consummated p. pr. & vb. n. Consummating ] To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve. [ 1913 Webster ]

To consummate this business happily. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consummatio. ] The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life). [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

From its original to its consummation. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quiet consummation have,
And renownéd be thy grave. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consummation of marriage, completion of the connubial relation by actual cohabition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to consummate; completing. “The final, the consummative procedure of philosophy.” Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inconsummatus. See In- not, and Consummate. ] Not consummated; not finished; incomplete. Sir M. Hale. -- In`con*sum"mate*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ AS. midsumor. ] The middle of summer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Midsummer daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A Eurasian mountain plant (Sedum rosea) with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers.
Syn. -- rose-root, Sedum rosea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Wrong summation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To summon again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second summons. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a summary manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who summarized. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. sommaire. See Sum. ] 1. Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; compendious; succinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Summaries [ F. sommaire, or L. summarium. See Summary, a. ] A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. sommation. See Sum, v. t. ] The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of this series no summation is possible to a finite intellect. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fowls shall summer upon them. Isa. xviii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Sum, v. ] One who sums; one who casts up an account. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. samā year. √292. ] The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region; the warmest period of the year. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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. (Zool.) (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 (Zool.), the hooded merganser. [ Local, U.S. ] --
Summer snipe. (Zool.) (a) The dunlin. (b) The common European sandpiper. (c) The green sandpiper. --
Summer tanager (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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. (Zool.) See Yellowbird. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To plow and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plow and let lie fallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Summerhouses A rustic house or apartment in a garden or park, to be used as a pleasure resort in summer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being like summer. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Somersault, Somerset. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To summer-fallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Summer time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Summer a beam + tree. ] (Arch.) A summer. See 2d Summer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to summer; like summer; as, a summery day. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sums up; one who forms an abridgment or summary. Sir E. Dering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from L. summum, from summus highest. See Sum, n. ] 1. The top; the highest point. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fixed on the summit of the highest mount. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Summit level, the highest level of a canal, a railroad, or the like, in surmounting an ascent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no summit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. summitas, fr. summus highest: cf. F. sommité. See Sum, n. ] 1. The height or top of anything. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The utmost degree; perfection. [ Obs. ] Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Summoned p. pr. & vb. n. Summoning. ] [ OE. somonen, OF. sumundre, semondre, F. semondre, from (assumed) LL. summon&ebreve_;re, for L. summonēre to give a hint; sub under + monere to admonish, to warn. See Monition, and cf. Submonish. ] 1. To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trumpets summon him to war. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to summon witnesses. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) To call upon to surrender, as a fort. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To call; cite; notify; convene; convoke; excite; invite; bid. See Call. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. somner, sompnour, OF. semoneor, F. semonneur. See Summon, v. t. ] One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Summonses [ OE. somouns, OF. sumunse, semonse, semonce, F. semonce, semondre to summon, OF. p. p. semons. See Summon, v. ] 1. The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Special summonses by the king. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

This summons . . . unfit either to dispute or disobey. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

He sent to summon the seditious, and to offer pardon; but neither summons nor pardon was regarded. Sir J. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) A demand to surrender. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To summon. [ R. or Colloq. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] (Philos.) The supreme or highest good, -- referring to the object of human life. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Naut.) See Transom, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not consummated; not accomplished. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]