somerset : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: somerset	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Somerset n a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return Synonym(s): somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting, flip
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Somersault \Som"ersault\, 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.] [bd]The vaulter's sombersalts.[b8] --Donne. Now I'll only Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset. --Beau. & Fl.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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