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| • | A spring; a fountain. |
| • | A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind. |
| • | The motion of, or produced by, a great wave. |
| • | The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips. |
| • | To swell; to rise hifg and roll. |
| • | To slip along a windlass. |
| • | To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan). |