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(1):

(n.) The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.

(2):

(v. i.) To slip along a windlass.

(3):

(v. i.) To swell; to rise hifg and roll.

(4):

(n.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).

(5):

(n.) A spring; a fountain.

(6):

(n.) A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.

(7):

(n.) The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Surge'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/surge.html. 1828.
 
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