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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: surge n 1: a sudden forceful flow [syn: {rush}, {spate}, {upsurge}] 2: a sudden or abrupt strong increase: "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime" [syn: {upsurge}] 3: a large sea wave [syn: {billow}] v 1: rise and move as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" [syn: {billow}, {heave}] 2: rise rapidly, as of a current or voltage [syn: {soar}, {soar up}, {soar upwards}, {zoom}] 3: rise in waves [syn: {tide}] [ant: {ebb}] 4: rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force, as on a wave [syn: {scend}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: SURGE Sorter, Updater, Report Generator, Etc IBM 704, 1959. Sammet 1969, p.8.
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