slovo | definícia |
somerset (encz) | somerset,kotrmelec n: Zdeněk Brož |
somerset (encz) | somerset,přemet n: Zdeněk Brož |
somerset (encz) | Somerset, |
Somerset (gcide) | 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 (wn) | 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] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
Somerset (gcide) | 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 maugham (wn) | Somerset Maugham
n 1: English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories
(1874-1965) [syn: Maugham, Somerset Maugham, {W.
Somerset Maugham}, William Somerset Maugham] |
w. somerset maugham (wn) | W. Somerset Maugham
n 1: English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories
(1874-1965) [syn: Maugham, Somerset Maugham, {W.
Somerset Maugham}, William Somerset Maugham] |
william somerset maugham (wn) | William Somerset Maugham
n 1: English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories
(1874-1965) [syn: Maugham, Somerset Maugham, {W.
Somerset Maugham}, William Somerset Maugham] |
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