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sommerset

sommerset


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Somersault  \Som"er*sault\,  Somerset  \Som"er*set\,  n.  [F. 
  soubresaut  a  jump,  leap,  OF  soubresault  It  soprassalto  an 
  overleap,  fr  L.  supra  over  +  saltus  a  leap,  fr  salire  to 
  leap;  or  the  French  may  be  from  Sp  sobresalto  a  sudden 
  asault,  a  surprise.  See  {Supra},  and  Salient.] 
  A  leap  in  which  a  person  turns  his  heels  over  his  head  and 
  lights  upon  his  feet;  a  turning  end  over  end  [Written  also 
  {summersault},  {sommerset},  {summerset},  etc.]  ``The 
  vaulter's  sombersalts.''  --Donne. 
 
  Now  I'll  only  Make  him  break  his  neck  in  doing  a 
  sommerset.  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sommerset  \Som"mer*set\,  n. 
  See  {Somersault}.