Sentence:  A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the <WSD>summer</WSD> afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 21 to September 22 or 23 in parts of the USA, the months of June, July and August in the United Kingdom and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.