Surge
Surge , noun
[Latin surgere, surrectum, to raise, to rise; sub under + regere to direct: compare Old French surgeon, sourgeon, fountain. See Regent, and compare Insurrection, Sortie, Source.]
1.
A spring; a fountain. [Obsolete]
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.
Surge , intransitive verb
1.
To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
The surging waters like a mountain rise.
2.
(Nautical) To slip along a windlass.
Surge , transitive verb
[Compare French surgir to cast anchor, to land. Compare Surge, n.]
(Nautical) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).