1. Noun
A spring; a fountain.
2. Noun
A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.
3. Noun
The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.
4. Noun
The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
5. Verb
To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
6. Verb
To slip along a windlass.
7. Noun
To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).
8. Noun
a large sea wave
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