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Sum′mer.


1. (Carpentry.) A horizontal beam or grinder. A summer-tree.

a. The lintel of a doorway.

b. A floor timber receiving the ends of the joists and supporting the floor or the ceiling, as the case may be.

c. A beam resting on pillars, as in the case of a shop front, and supporting the superincumbent wall with which its front face is flush. Called a breast-summer.


2. (Masonry.) The first stone or beam laid over a column or beam. A lintel.

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