A large wave or billow; great rolling swell of water. He flies aloft, and with impetuous roar, Pursues the foaming surges to the shore.

In ship-building, the tapered part in front of the whelps, between the chocks of a capstan, on which the messenger may surge.

To swell; to rise high and roll; as waves. The surging waters like a mountain rise.

To slip back, as, the cable surges.