Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (a.) Formed into a sum; reduced into a few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts.

2. (a.) Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.

3. (n.) A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.