(1):
(n.) The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.
(2):
(v. i.) To slip along a windlass.
(3):
(v. i.) To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
(4):
(n.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).
(5):
(n.) A spring; a fountain.
(6):
(n.) A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.
(7):
(n.) The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.