SURGE 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. \Surge\, v. i. 1. To swell; to rise hifg and roll. The surging waters like a mountain rise. --Spenser.
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