Part 564

Spenser.

Some"how` (-hou`), adv. In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow.

By their action upon one another they may be swelled somehow, so as to shorten the length.

Cheyne.

The indefiniteness of somehow is emphasized by the addition of or other.

Although youngest of the familly, he has somehow or other got the entire management of all the others.

Sir W. Scott.

{ Som"er*sault (?), 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.

Some"thing (?), n. 1. Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.

There is something in the wind.

Shak.

The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about.

Pope.

Something attemped, something done, Has earned a night's repose.

Longfellow.

2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.

Something yet of doubt remains.

Milton.

Something of it arises from our infant state.

I. Watts.

3. A person or thing importance.

If a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Gal. vi. 3.

Some"thing, adv. In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance. Shak.

I something fear my father's wrath.

Shak.