estival, æstival (estival)

[= F. Pr. Sp. Pg. estival = It. estivale, Beside vernal, estival , and autumnal,... the ancients had also hyemal garlands. Sir T. Browne, Misc., p. 92. Occident estival, Orient estival. See the nouns. estivate, æstivate (es'ti-vāt), v . i.; pret. and pp. est i rated , astivated , ppr. estivating , asticat ing. [ æstivatus , pp. of æstivare (> Pr. es tivar = F. estiver ), pa the summer, astir us , of the summer: see estivel .] 1. To pa the summer, as in a given place or in a given manner. Smart .-2. In zool . , to pa into or remain in the summer sleep, as some mollusks; be dor mant in summer. They [certain mollusks] also æstivate , or fall into a summer sleep, when the heat is great. Muller. The curious Binneia, with a body much larger than its shell, envelopes itself, in æstivating , in a case of materials similar to the hibernacula of other land shells. Science , IV, 366. see stock, n., and cf. tuck2.] A sword used for thrusting, especially a second sword carried by knights in the middle ages. In some cases it was worn in place of the dagger at the right side, in others attached to the saddle, while the sword of arms was attached to the belt or armored skirt of the knight. estocadet (es-to-kad'), n. [F. (after Sp. Pg. es tocada = It. stoccata ),