Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
somerset .
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- noun Archaic spelling of
somersault .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
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Examples
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That he throws himself at full length with a gesture approaching to a 'summerset' on satin sofas.
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898
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-- That he throws himself at full length with a gesture approaching to a 'summerset' on satin sofas.
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850
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“But, if my devotion, as you are pleased to call my summerset, saved you, did it not save me too, for here we are, all three of us, in first-rate health?
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There was blackberry pie and huckleberry wine and little Maria with her summerset bangs.
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As I came in sight of the bridge, the cause of delay was too manifest, for the Somerset had made a summerset in good earnest, and overturned so completely, that it was literally resting upon the ground, with the roof undermost, and the four wheels in the air.
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Before she has gained the surface, she throws a summerset.
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It will be seen by the shape of this, that it will fly up as easily as a ball when it is laid in the trap, for the striker has only to tap one end of it, and up it flies, making many a summerset as it rises; while it is performing this turn-over motion, which philosophers call the rotatory, the striker makes a blow at it and sends it whither he pleases.
The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering William Martin
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We all three fired at the same instant, and some dozen gulls made a summerset in the air, and with flapping wings and dangling legs, fell into the water.
A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition William A. Ross
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A second savage attempted to gain the eminence which commanded the position where the scouts were posted, but just as he was about to attain his object, McClelland saw him turn a summerset, and, with a frightful yell, fall down the hill, a corpse.
Woman on the American Frontier William Worthington Fowler
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The mule run away with his plow and throwed him a summerset.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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