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Indian summer   /ˈɪndiən sˈəmər/   Listen
noun
Summer  n.  The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region; the warmest period of the year. Note: 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.
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.
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.


adjective
Indian  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
2.
Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
3.
Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. (U.S.)
Indian bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree (Persea Indica).
Indian bean (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.
Indian berry. (Bot.) Same as Cocculus indicus.
Indian bread. (Bot.) Same as Cassava.
Indian club, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise.
Indian cordage, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut husk.
Indian cress (Bot.), nasturtium. See Nasturtium, 2.
Indian cucumber (Bot.), a plant of the genus Medeola (Medeola Virginica), a common in woods in the United States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.
Indian currant (Bot.), a plant of the genus Symphoricarpus (Symphoricarpus vulgaris), bearing small red berries.
Indian dye, the puccoon.
Indian fig. (Bot.)
(a)
The banyan. See Banyan.
(b)
The prickly pear.
Indian file, single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.
Indian fire, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.
Indian grass (Bot.), a coarse, high grass (Chrysopogon nutans), common in the southern portions of the United States; wood grass.
Indian hemp. (Bot.)
(a)
A plant of the genus Apocynum (Apocynum cannabinum), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties.
(b)
The variety of common hemp (Cannabis Indica), from which hasheesh is obtained.
Indian mallow (Bot.), the velvet leaf (Abutilon Avicennae). See Abutilon.
Indian meal, ground corn or maize. (U.S.)
Indian millet (Bot.), a tall annual grass (Sorghum vulgare), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called also Guinea corn. See Durra.
Indian ox (Zool.), the zebu.
Indian paint. See Bloodroot.
Indian paper. See India paper, under India.
Indian physic (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus Gillenia (Gillenia trifoliata, and Gillenia stipulacea), common in the United States, the roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; called also American ipecac, and bowman's root.
Indian pink. (Bot.)
(a)
The Cypress vine (Ipomoea Quamoclit); so called in the West Indies.
(b)
See China pink, under China.
Indian pipe (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb (Monotropa uniflora), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.
Indian plantain (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus Cacalia, tall herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
Indian poke (Bot.), a plant usually known as the white hellebore (Veratrum viride).
Indian pudding, a pudding of which the chief ingredients are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.
Indian purple.
(a)
A dull purple color.
(b)
The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and black.
Indian red.
(a)
A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called also Persian red.
(b)
See Almagra.
Indian rice (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See Rice.
Indian shot (Bot.), a plant of the genus Canna (Canna Indica). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. See Canna.
Indian summer, in the United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under Summer.
Indian tobacco (Bot.), a species of Lobelia. See Lobelia.
Indian turnip (Bot.), an American plant of the genus Arisaema. Arisaema triphyllum has a wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. See Jack in the Pulpit, and Wake-robin.
Indian wheat, maize or Indian corn.
Indian yellow.
(a)
An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium.
(b)
See Euxanthin.





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"Indian summer" Quotes from Famous Books



... of warfare has a garrison had to endure greater hardships than that of Lucknow. Incessant attacks by night and day kept the small force worn out by constant guard duty and, to add to their miseries, intense heat was made more merciless by swarms of flies. When one bears in mind that the Indian summer brings heat of from one hundred and ten to one hundred and forty degrees it may be seen how great was the courage of the garrison that could fight bravely and cheerfully under such heavy odds. The memorial tablets at Lucknow, Delhi, Cawnpore and other places bear witness ...
— The Critic in the Orient • George Hamlin Fitch
... the grounds. The afternoon happened to be a perfect one; the air was balmy, with a touch of the Indian summer about it. The last roses were blooming on their respective bushes; the geraniums were making a good show in the carefully laid out beds. There were clumps of asters and dahlias to be seen in every direction; some late poppies and some sweet-peas ...
— Light O' The Morning • L. T. Meade
... that magnificent latter autumn known as the Indian summer, and the sun, golden and glorious, as it is only to be seen in that country and at that season, was declining behind the summits of the trees which fringe the western shore of the Natchez. Its beams already assumed that rich variety ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 • Various
... of gold, through the haze, pours the sun from his pathway. The wild-rice is gathered and ripe, on the moors, lie the scarlet po-pan-ka; [a] Michabo [85] is smoking his pipe, —'tis the soft, dreamy Indian Summer, When the god of the South as he flies from Waziya, the god of the Winter, For a time turns his beautiful eyes, and backward looks ...
— Legends of the Northwest • Hanford Lennox Gordon
... rather, to-day, in the warm, hazy, soft October light; the sun's rays could not rightly get through the haze. It was one of the delicious times of October weather, which the unlearned are wont to call Indian summer, but which is not that, and differs from it essentially. The glory of the Indian summer is wholly ethereal; it belongs to the light and the air; and is a striking image and eloquent testimony of how far spirit can overmaster matter. The ...
— A Red Wallflower • Susan Warner


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