Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Somerset"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Somerset
n : a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel
[syn: {Somerset}]


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