some 
which, that; akin to name: see same, and cf. 
some 1 .] As; so; ever: used indefinitely after 
certain adverbs and pronouns, like so, soerer. 
It remains in modern dialectal use in time some, what some, 
or hmrsameoer, whatsomecer, wheresmnever, etc., equiva- 
lent to howsoever, whatsoever, wheresoever, etc. 
Swa sum the godspel kitheth. Ormulum, 1. 302. 
Sum i the telle. 
Sir Amadace (Early Eng. Metr. Rom., ed. Robson). 
[(Stratmaim.) 
-some. [Early mod. E. also -som; < ME. -sum, 
-som, < AS. -sum = OS. -sum = MD. -saem, D. 
-znam = MLG. OHG. MHG. G. -sam = Icel. 
-samr = Sw. -sam = Dan. -som = Goth, -mint.*, 
ult. identical with Teut. *sama, the same: see 
xume. This suffix occurs disguised in buxom 
(as if 'bud-some).] A suffix used to form ad- 
jectives from nouns or adjectives, as mettlesome, 
blithesome, lonesome, gladsome, gamesome, grue- 
some, quarrelsome, toothsome, troublesome, whole- 
some, winsome. It usually indicates the possession of 
a considerable degree of the quality named: as, mettle- 
some, full of mettle or spirit ; gladsome, very glad or joyous. 
As used with numbers, tom'some, sevensome, -some is of 
different origin : see somel, a. 
somebody (sum'bod"i), . [< some + bodi/.] 1 . 
Some one; a person unknown, unascertained, 
or unnamed. 
Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me. Luke viii. 46. 
Somebody, surely, some kind heart will come 
To bury me. Tennyson, Maud, xxvii. 11. 
2. PI. somebodies (-iz). A person of considera- 
tion, consequence, or importance. 
Before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to 
be somebody. Acts v. 36. 
I am come to the age of seventy ; have attained enough 
reputation to make me somebody. 
Sydney Smith, in Lady Holland, vi. 
While men saw or heard, they thought themselves to be 
somebodies for assisting at the spectacle. 
Saturday Rev., Nov., 1873, p. 655. 
somedealt (sum'del), n. [Early mod. E. also 
somedele; < ME. somdel, sumdel, etc., prop, two 
words, sum del, some part : see some and deal 1 .] 
Some part; somewhat; something; some. 
Sumdel of thy labour wolde I quyte. 
Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, 1. 112. 
Then Brenne . . . sayd in his game, ryche goddes must 
gyue to men somedele of theyr rychesse. 
Fabyan, Chron., xxxL 
somedealt (sum'del), adv. [< ME. somdel, sum- 
del, etc.; the noun used adverbially.] In some 
measure or degree; somewhat; partly; par- 
tially. 
She was somdel deef and that was scathe. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 446. 
This is the truth, though I'll not justify 
The other, but he may be some-deal faulty. 
B. Jonson, Volpone, v. 6. 
somegate (sum'gat), adv. [< some + gate?.] 
Somewhere; in some way; somehow. [Scotch.] 
somehow (sum'hou), adv. [< some + how 1 .'] 
In some way not yet known, mentioned, or 
explained : as, somehow he never succeeded ; 
things must be done somehow. 
He thought of resigning his place, but, somehow or other, 
stumbled upon a negotiation. Walpole, Letters, II. 411. 
Somehow or other a little bird whispers to me we shall 
yet be very happy. Disraeli, Henrietta Temple, i. 9. 
somert. A Middle English form of summer 1 , 
summer 2 , summer^. 
somersault (sum'er-salt), . [Also summer- 
sault, somersaut, summersaut (also summerset, 
somerset, sommerset, etc. : see somerset 1 ) ; early 
mod. E. somersaut, somersault, summersaut, som- 
bersalt, sobresault, < OF. sombresault, soubre- 
sault, F. soubresaut, sursaut = Sp. Pg. sobre- 
salto = It. soprasalto, < ML. as if "supersaltus 
or "suprasaltus, a leaping over, < L. super or 
supra, above, over, aloft, + saltus, a leap, bound : 
see sault 1 .] A spring or fling in which a person 
turns heels over head ; a complete turn in the 
air, such as is performed by tumblers. 
So doth the salmon vaut, 
And If at first he fail, his second summer-saut 
He instantly assays. Drayton, Polyolbion, vi. 52. 
il1 8 '"* 1 "' aCk E e alld thTOWS 
fh K , ' TOWS m8e 
a somerset through a Hogshead hanging eight foot high. 
Quoted in Ashton's Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne 
[I. 266. 
Leaping and turning with the heels over the head in the 
air, termed the somersault, corruptly called a somerset 
Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 317. 
Double somersault, two complete turns of the bodv 
during one spring in the air. A third such turn is accom- 
plished by a few acrobats. 
somerset 1 (sum'er-set), n. Same as somersault 
somerset 1 (sum'er-set), v. i. [Also summerset; 
<. somerset 1 , n.] To turn a somersault or som- 
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Then the sly sheepe-biter issued Into the midst, and 
summersetted and flipttlappt it twenty times above ground 
as light as a feather, and cried " Mitton." 
Nashe, Lenten StuKe (Harl. Misc., VI. 164). 
In such extraordinary manner does dead Catholicism 
Somerset and caper, skilfully galvanised. 
Carlyle, French Rev., II. iv. >. 
somerset 2 (sum'er-set), n. [So named from 
Lord Fitzroy Somerset, for whom such a saddle 
was made, ne having lost his leg below the 
knee.] A saddle padded behind the thigh and 
elsewhere so as to afford a partial support for 
the leg of the rider. E. H. Knight. 
somervillite (som'er-vil-it), n. [Named after 
Dr. Somerville, who brought the specimens to 
Brooks, the English mineralogist who described 
and named the species in 1824.] A variety of 
melilite found on Mount Vesuvius. 
something (sum'thing), . [< ME. som thing, 
< AS. sum tiling, prop, two words : see some 1 and 
thing 1 .'] 1. Some thing; a certain thing in- 
definitely considered ; a certain but as yet un- 
known, unspecified, or unexplained thing; an 
event, circumstance, action, or affair the na- 
ture or name of which has not as yet been de- 
termined, or is not now known, and cannot 
therefore be named or specified : as, something 
must have happened to detain him ; I want to 
tell you something. 
By this King it appears there is something else besides 
the Grievances of Taxations that alienates the Minds of 
English Subjects from their King. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 113. 
A something hinting at grief . . . seemed to speak with 
that low thrilling voice of hers. 
Thackeray, Henry Esmond, xi. 
Ill give yon a drop of something to keep the cold out. 
T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, i. 4. 
2. An actual thing; an entity: as, something or 
nothing. 
All that is true is something. 
Descartes, Meditations (tr. by Veitch), v. 
3. A thing worthy of consideration; a person 
or thing of importance. 
If a man think himself to be something when he is no- 
thing, he deceiveth himself. OaL vi. 8. 
Thus God has made each of us to he something, to have 
a real place, and do a real work in this world. 
J. F. Clarice, Self-Culture, p. 49. 
4. A part or portion more or less; an indefinite 
quantity or degree; a little. 
Something yet of doubt remains. Milton, P. L., viii. 13. 
Still from his little he could something spare 
To feed the hungry, and to clothe the bare. 
W. Harte, Eulogius. 
something (sum'thing), adv. [< something, n.] 
1. In some measure or degree; somewhat; 
rather; a little. 
His worst fault is, that he is given to prayer ; he is some- 
thing peevish that way. Shalt., M. W. of W., i. 4. 14. 
I am sorry I must write to you this sad story ; yet, to 
countervail it something, Saxon Waymor thrives well. 
Unwell, Letters, I. vi. 29. 
Don't you think I look something like Cherry in the 
Beaux' Stratagem ? Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer, iii. 
2. At some distance. 
For 't must be done to-night, 
And something from the palace. 
Shale., Macbeth, iii. 1. 131. 
sometime (sum'tim), adv. [< ME. somtyme, 
som time, some tyme, sume time; < some 1 + time 1 .'] 
1. Same as sometimes. 
It was clept somtyme the Vale of Mambree, and sumtyme 
it was clept the Vale of Teres, because that Adam wepte 
there, an 100 Zeer. M andeville. Travels, p. 65. 
Nothing in him seem'd inordinate, 
Save sometime too much wonder of his eye. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 95. 
2. At a certain time ; on a certain occasion ; 
once upon a time ; once. 
This Noble Gentlewoman tooke sometime occasion to 
shew him to some friends. 
Capt. John Smith, True Travels, I. 29. 
I was sometime taken with a sudden giddiness, and 
Humphrey, seeing me beginning to totter, ran to my as- 
sistance. Sheridan, St. Patrick's Day, ii. 2. 
3. At one time; for a certain time in the past; 
formerly; once. 
Ebron was wont to ben the princypalle Cytee of Philis- 
tyenes : and there duelleden somtyme the Geauntz. 
HandevOle, Travels, p. 86. 
From thens we went to the Deed See, where somtyme 
stode the Cyties of Sodom and Corner, and other that 
sanke for synne. Sir K. Ouylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 43. 
Herne the hunter, 
Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest 
Shak., M. W. of W., iv. 4. 29. 
4. At an indefinite future time ; by and by : as 
sometime I will explain. 
Sometyme he rekne shal, 
whan that his tayl shal brennen in the glede 
For he noght helpeth needfulle in her nede. ' 
Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 12. 
somewhither 
sometime (sum'tim), a. [< sometime, adv.'] 
Former; whilom; late. 
Our sometime sister, now our queen. 
N/Kt*., Hamlet, i. 2. 8. 
This forlorne carcasse of the sometime lernsalein. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 107. 
Sometimes (sum'timz), adv. [< mmrtimc + 
adv. suffix -*.] 1. At times; now and then: 
as, I am sometimes at leisure ; sometimes he plays 
Hamlet, urn! sometimes Othello. 
I'll come sometimes, and crack a case with you. 
Fletcher, Spanish Curate, ii. -1. 
About the same time, one mid-night, a Cloud sometime* 
bloody, sometimes fiery, was seen over all England. 
Milton, Hist. Eng., vi. 
2f. At one time ; at or for a certain time in the 
past; formerly; once; sometime. 
He [K. William] gave to his Nephew, Alane Earl of Brit- 
ain, all the Lands which sometimes belonged to Earl 
Edwyn. Baker, Chronicles, p. 24. 
This Bagnall was sometimes servant to one in the bay, 
and these three years had dwelt alvne. 
Winthrap, Hist. New England, I. 70. 
sometimes! (sum'timz), a. [< miiHriinn-x. mlr. ] 
Same as sometime. 
My sometimes royal master's face. 
Shak., Rich. II., v. 6. 75. 
someway (sum'wa), adv. Somehow; by some 
means or other; in some way. 
somewhat (sum'hwot), . [< ME. somwhat. 
sumhicat, sumhwet, somtcat, sutiiqtcat; < somi- 1 
+ what.] 1. Something not specified. 
To conclude, by erecting this Achademie, there shalbe 
heareafter, in effecte, no gentleman within this Realme 
but good for some what. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 12. 
Have but patience, 
And you shall witness somewhat. 
Fletcher (and anotherf), Nice Valour, ii. 1. 
There s somewhat in this world amiss 
Shall be unriddled by and by. 
Tennyson, Miller's Daughter. 
2. A measure or degree indeterminate; more 
or less ; a little. 
They instruct their youth in the knowledge of Letters, 
Malayan principally, and I suppose in somewhat of Ara- 
bick, being all Mahometans. Vampier, Voyages, II. i. 137. 
3. A person or thing of importance. 
somewhat (sum'hwot), adv. In some measure 
or degree ; rather; a little. 
Vltin is tom-trhat a-qnytte of the synne that he hadde 
in the love makinge, but I am not yet a-quyt of that. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 87. 
There liv'd, as authors tell, in days of yore, 
A widow, somewhat old, and very poor. 
Dryden, Cock and Fox, 1. 2. 
somewhen (sum'hwen), adr. [< some 1 + when.] 
At some time, indefinitely; some time or other. 
[Recent.] 
Some folks can't help hoping . . . that they may have 
another chance to make things fair and even, somewhere, 
somewhen, somehow. Kingsley, Water Babies, viii. 
Somewhen, before the dinner-bell. I cannot tie myself 
to the minute hand of the clock, my dear child. 
O. Meredith, Egoist, xix. 
somewhere (sum'hwar), adv. [< ME. sum- 
whirr, sumqwhare, sumwar; < some 1 + where."] 
1. In some place or other; in a place or spot 
not known or not specified: as, he lives some- 
where in this neighborhood; the line must be 
drawn somewhere. 2. To some unknown or 
unspecified place ; somewhither. 
Perhaps some merchant hath invited him, 
And from the mart he 's somewhere gone to dinner. 
Shak., C. of E., ii. 1. 5. 
somewhile (sum'hwil), adv. [Early mod. E. 
somwhile, < ME. summehwile, sumewile, sumwile; 
< some 1 + while."] 1. Sometimes; at one time 
or another ; from time to time ; at times. 
The silly wretches are compell'd som-while 
To cut new channels for the course of Nile ; 
Somtimes som Cities rains to repair ; 
Somtimes to build huge Castles in the air. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas'8 Weeks, ii., The Lawe. 
2. For a while ; for a time. 
These now gente . . . must, some while, be chargable 
to you & us. 
Sherley, quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, p. 248. 
3. Once; at one time. 
Under colour of shepeheards, sometchile 
There crept in Wolves, ful of fraude and guile. 
Spenser, Shep. Cal., May. 
[Rare in all uses.] 
SOmewhilest (sum'hwilz), adv. Sometimes; 
now and then. 
Divers tall ships of London . . . had an ordinary and 
usual trade to Sicily, Candia, Scio ; and somevhiles to Cy- 
Pras- Hakluyt (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 20). 
somewhither (sum'hwiTH'er), adv. [< some 1 
+ whither.] To some place or other. 
