SURGE, n. [L. surgo, to rise.] 1. A large wave or billow; great rolling swell of water. [It is not applied to small waves, and is chiefly used in poetry and eloquence.] He flies aloft, and with impetuous roar, Pursues the foaming surges to the shore.2. In ship-building, the tapered part in front of the whelps, between the chocks of a capstan, on which the messenger may surge.SURGE, v.i. To swell; to rise high and roll; as waves. The surging waters like a mountain rise.1. To slip back, as, the cable surges.
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