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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)