somerset

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somerset - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Now I'll only
           Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset. --Beau. &
                                                    Fl.
     [1913 Webster]

somerset - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Somerset
      n 1: a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel
      2: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head
         (either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersault,
         somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting,
         flip]

somerset - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Somerset, CA
    Zip code(s): 95684
  Somerset, CO
    Zip code(s): 81434
  Somerset, KY (city, FIPS 71688)
    Location: 37.08234 N, 84.60980 W
    Population (1990): 10733 (4633 housing units)
    Area: 25.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Somerset, MA (CDP, FIPS 62465)
    Location: 41.73940 N, 71.15904 W
    Population (1990): 17655 (6614 housing units)
    Area: 21.0 sq km (land), 10.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 02725, 02726
  Somerset, MD (town, FIPS 73350)
    Location: 38.96583 N, 77.09538 W
    Population (1990): 993 (386 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Somerset, MI
    Zip code(s): 49281
  Somerset, NJ (CDP, FIPS 68370)
    Location: 40.49757 N, 74.48897 W
    Population (1990): 22070 (8147 housing units)
    Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 08873
  Somerset, OH (village, FIPS 72970)
    Location: 39.80583 N, 82.30004 W
    Population (1990): 1390 (588 housing units)
    Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 43783
  Somerset, PA (borough, FIPS 71776)
    Location: 40.00500 N, 79.07827 W
    Population (1990): 6454 (3100 housing units)
    Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 15501
  Somerset, TX (city, FIPS 68708)
    Location: 29.22759 N, 98.65669 W
    Population (1990): 1144 (426 housing units)
    Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 78069
  Somerset, VA
    Zip code(s): 22972
  Somerset, WI (village, FIPS 74675)
    Location: 45.12725 N, 92.67605 W
    Population (1990): 1065 (417 housing units)
    Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 54025