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ˈsummer-land, ˈsummerland, n.
Also 8 somerland.
1. A summer-fallow. dial.
1695Kennett Par. Antiq. Gloss. s.v. Warectare. 1723 Lewis Hist. Tenet 8 The tilth for this grain is either Somerland, Bean- or Pease grotten, or Clover, or Trefoil-lay. 1765Museum Rust. IV. 145, I make no summer-land on this light land, but plough sufficiently to get out the grass. 1846Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. VII. ii. 589 To make a summerland only for swede turnips.
2. A land where it is always summer; in the language of spiritualists applied to the intermediate state of the departed.
1861Herald of Progress (N.Y.) 13 July 3/4 (heading) Tidings from the summer land. A plea in behalf of little children. 1869Spiritualist 17 Dec. 19/3 He found that he could pass through the upper air with ease, and at last they reached what the Spiritualists call the ‘Summer Land’, but in reality the compound essence of seventeen summers distilled into one, would not equal it in loveliness. 1890W. James Princ. Psychol. I. x. 394 The odd thing is that persons unexposed to spiritualist traditions will so often act in the same way when they become entranced, speak in the name of the departed,..send messages about their happy home in the summer-land, and describe the ailments of those present. 1895Workman Algerian Mem. 44 The summer-land of oranges, lemons and figs. 1896Mrs. Besant in Daily News 31 Oct. 6/3 The purgatory of the Roman Catholics, the summerland of the spiritualists, the intermediate states of the Hindus and Buddhists. 1901‘Lux Aurea’ (title) Light from the Summerland. Being a Series of Articles illustrating the Truth and Teachings of Spiritualism.
Hence summerland v. trans., to lay fallow.
1674Ray S. & E.C. Words, To Summerland a ground; to lay it fallow a year, Suff. 1723Lewis Hist. Tenet 10 They are forc'd to Somerland or lay fallow their ground. |