SURGE

noun a spring; a fountain.

2. surge ·vi to slip along a windlass.

3. surge ·noun the motion of, or produced by, a great wave.

4. surge ·vi to swell; to rise hifg and roll.

5. surge ·noun the tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.

6. surge ·noun a large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.

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