surgen.[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.(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.()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.()v. t.[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).()