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Webster 1913 Edition

Surge

Surge

,
Noun.
[L.
surgere
,
surrectum
, to raise, to rise;
sub
under +
regere
to direct: cf. OF.
surgeon
,
sourgeon
, fountain. See
Regent
, and cf.
Insurrection
,
Sortie
,
Source
.]
1.
A spring; a fountain.
[Obs.]
“Divers surges and springs of water.”
Ld. Berners.
2.
A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.
He that doubteth is like the
surge
of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
James i. 6 (Rev. Ver.)
He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar,
Pursues the foaming
surges
to the shore.
Dryden.
3.
The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.
4.
The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.

Surge

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
The
surging
waters like a mountain rise.
Spenser.
2.
(Naut.)
To slip along a windlass.

Surge

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Surged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Surging
.]
[Cf. F.
surgir
to cast anchor, to land. Cf.
Surge
,
Noun.
]
(Naut.)
To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope;
as, to
surge
a hawser or messenger
; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).

Webster 1828 Edition

Surge

SURGE

,
Noun.
[L. surgo, to rise.]
1.
A large wave or billow; great rolling swell of water. [It is not applied to small waves, and is chiefly used in poetry and eloquence.]
He flies aloft, and with impetuous roar,
Pursues the foaming surges to the shore.
2.
In ship-building, the tapered part in front of the whelps, between the chocks of a capstan, on which the messenger may surge.

SURGE

,
Verb.
I.
To swell; to rise high and roll; as waves.
The surging waters like a mountain rise.
1.
To slip back, as, the cable surges.

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