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SOMMER , in See also:architecture, a girder or See also:main See also:beam of a See also:floor; if supported on two See also:storey posts and open below, it is called a bress or See also:breast-summer . The word is also spelled " summer,” and is the same as " See also:Sumpter,” a See also:pack-See also:horse, Fr. sommier, O . Fr., saume, from See also:Low See also:Lat. salma, pack, See also:burden, Gr. o-ayua, ahrrav, to fasten a pack on a horse . |
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