Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Surging"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surge \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).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
surging
adj : characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy
storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging
waves" [syn: {billowy}, {billowing(a)}]
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