Category:Surge

Surge, n. Etym: [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 Surge, v. i.

1. To swell; to rise hifg and roll. The surging waters like a mountain rise. Spenser.

2. (naut.)

Defn: to slip along a windlass.

Surge Surge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surged; p. pr. & vb. n. Surging.] Etym: [cf. F. surgir to cast anchor, to land. Cf. Surge, n.] (naut.)

Defn: to let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser Or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).