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Webster 1913 Edition
Surf
Surf
,Noun.
[Formerly spelled
suffe
, and probably the same word as E. sough
.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.
Surf bird
(Zool.)
, a ploverlike bird of the genus
– Aphriza
, allied to the turnstone. Surf clam
(Zool.)
, a large clam living on the open coast, especially
– Mactra solidissima
(syn. Spisula solidissima
). See Mactra
. Surf duck
(Zool.)
, any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus
– Oidemia
, especially Oidemia percpicillata
; – called also surf scoter
. See the Note under Scoter
. Surf fish
(Zool.)
, any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See
– Embiotocoid
. Surf smelt
. (Zool.)
See
– Smelt
. Surf whiting
. (Zool.)
See under
Whiting
.Surf
,Noun.
The bottom of a drain.
[Prov. Eng.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Surf
SURF
,Noun.
1.
In agriculture, the bottom or conduit of a drain. [Local.]