SURGE

Definitions

1. 1. A spring; a fountain. [Obs.] "Divers surges and springs of water." Ld. Berners.
2. 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. 3. The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.
4. 4. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.