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).
Surge , v. 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 (?), 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.]
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.
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