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Midsummer day
Matched in: Term Midsummer day
Quarter-days
the four quarters of the year, viz., the 25th of March, or Lady-day; the 24th of June, or Midsummer-day; the 29th of September, or Michaelmas-day; and the 25th of December, or Christmas-day. The half-quarter days are February
Febce-month, or defence-month
which female deer in forests do fawn; when hunting them is unlawful. It begins fifteen days before Old Midsummer, and ends fifteen days after it, Manw., pt. 2, c. xiii. … a time during which female deer in forests do fawn; when hunting them is unlawful. It begins fifteen days before Old Midsummer, and ends fifteen days after it, Manw., pt. 2, c. xiii.
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Climate
from the equator to the pole was divided according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day
Ale-conner, or Ale-founder, or Ale-kenner
at one time four ale-conners, chosen by the liverymen of the City of London, in Common hall, on Midsummer-day, whose office it was to inspect the measures used in public-houses.
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