Category:Surf

Surf, n. Etym: [formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.]

Defn: the swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a Sloping beach. Surf bird (zoöl.), a ploverlike bird of the genus Aphriza, allied to the turnstone. -- surf clam (zoöl.), a large clam living on the open coast, Especially mactra, or spisula, solidissima. See mactra. -- surf duck (zoöl.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the Genus oidemia, especially o. percpicillata; -- called also surf Scoter. See the note under scoter. -- surf fish (zoöl.), any one of numerous species of california Embiotocoid fishes. See embiotocoid. -- surf smelt. (zoöl.) See smelt. -- surf whiting. (zoöl.) See under whiting.

Surf Surf, n.

Defn: the bottom of a drain. [prov. Eng.]