GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Surge , n. [L. surgere, surrectum, to raise, to rise; sub under + regere to direct: cf. OF. surgeon, sourgeon, fountain. See Regent, and cf. Insurrection, Sortie, Source.]
   A spring; a fountain. [Obs.] “Divers surges and springs of water.” 
   Ld. Berners.
   
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   A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.
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   He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
   James i. 6 (Rev. Ver.)
   
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   He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar,
   Pursues the foaming surges to the shore.
   Dryden.
   
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   The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.
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   The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
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   Surge, v. i.
   To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
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   The surging waters like a mountain rise.
   Spenser.
   
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   (Naut.) To slip along a windlass.
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   Surge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Surging .] [Cf. F. surgir to cast anchor, to land. Cf. Surge, n.] (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).
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