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Surge   /sərdʒ/   Listen
noun
Surge  n.  
1.
A spring; a fountain. (Obs.) "Divers surges and springs of water."
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." "He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar, Pursues the foaming surges to the shore."
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.



verb
Surge  v. t.  (past & past part. surged; pres. part. surging)  (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."
2.
(Naut.) To slip along a windlass.






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"Surge" Quotes from Famous Books



... the case, she did swallow, with a great surge of relief. A little later, seated on her father's knee and plucking at his tie in a futile fashion that he ...
— The Vertical City • Fannie Hurst

... as one reckless in sudden surge of intoxication, most passionate desire to take her in his arms; and on her lips to crush to fragments the barriers of conduct he had in damnable sophistries erected; and in her ears to breathe, "You are beloved to me! Honour, honesty, virtue, rectitude—words, darling, words, words, ...
— If Winter Comes • A.S.M. Hutchinson

... rushed upon me, and began to pound me with their fists. I let them lay on, for a while, after I came to myself, with a view of gaining strength. They did me little damage, so far; but, finally, getting tired of that sport, I gave a sudden surge, and, despite their weight, I rose to my hands and knees. Just as I did this, one of their number (I know not which) planted a blow with his boot in my left eye, which, for a time, seemed to have burst my eyeball. When they saw my eye completely closed, my face covered with blood, ...
— My Bondage and My Freedom • Frederick Douglass

... away the seconds. From the face of Meldrum the grin was snuffed out by a swift surge ...
— The Sheriff's Son • William MacLeod Raine

... congratulations of the entire countryside, while the young actors posed and laughed and chattered excitedly, then went away by two and threes, their tired, happy voices sounding back along the road. The people from the fort had been the first to surge around Margaret with their eager congratulations and gushing sentiments: "So sweet, my dear! So perfectly wonderful! You really have got some dandy actors!" And, "Why don't you try something lighter—something simpler, don't you know. Something really popular that ...
— A Voice in the Wilderness • Grace Livingston Hill


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