Summer

suni'mer, n. The warmest period of the year; N. of the equator, th° months of June, July, and August. — v. [summered (-merd), -mering.] To pa the summer. [AS. sum or, sumer, G. sommer, Zend ham a, summer, Sk sama, a year.] — Indian summer. In the U. a period of warm weather late in autumn.—S.-complaint. (Med.) Diarrhea occurring in summer, — often applied also to dysentery and to cholera infantum.— S u m'm e r-d u c k, n. A handsome Amer. species of wild duck, somet iraes domesticated; the wood duck. fal'low, n. Summer-duck Land uncropped. and repeatedly plowed, etc., during the summer, to kill the weeds and pulverize the soil. house, n. A house, shelter, or apartment in a garden, to be used in summer; house for summer residence.