Hypertext Webster Gateway: "surge"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surge \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surge \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.
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)
surge
n 1: a sudden forceful flow [syn: {rush}, {spate}, {upsurge}]
2: a sudden or abrupt strong increase: "stimulated a surge of
speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in
violent crime" [syn: {upsurge}]
3: a large sea wave [syn: {billow}]
v 1: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged
forward" [syn: {billow}, {heave}]
2: rise rapidly, as of a current or voltage [syn: {soar}, {soar
up}, {soar upwards}, {zoom}]
3: rise in waves [syn: {tide}] [ant: {ebb}]
4: rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force,
as on a wave [syn: {scend}]
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