surfett

and v. An obsolete form of surfeit. surf-fish (serf'fish), n. Any marine viviparous perch of the family Embiotocidæ (or Holconoti dæ ); an embiotocoid: so called on the Pacific coast of the United States, where many species of several genera abound in the surf. The Am phi stich us (or Holconotus ) argenteus and Ditrema lateral is and D. jackson i are characteristic examples. See cuts un der alfiona, Ditremidæ, and sparada. surflet, v. t. See surphul. surfman (serf'man), n.; pl. surfmen (-men). A man experienced in handling boats amid surf; especially, one employed in the life-saving ser vice. In addition to these men, there are crews of volunteer surfmen. The American , IX. 87. or abounding with surf; resembling surf; foaming; marked by much surf. Scarce had they clear'd the surfy waves That foam around those frightful caves. Moore, Lalla Rookh, Fire-Worshippers. You shall be able to mark, on a clear, surfy day, the breakers running white on many sunken rocks. R. L. Stevens on , Memoirs of an Islet. surge (sėrj), v . i.; pret. and pp. surged , ppr. surg ing. [Early mod. E. also sourge ; surgen , surgir , rise, ride (as a ship) near the shore, draw near the shore, arrive, land, F. surgir , rise, spring up, arrive, land, earlier in more vernacular form, OF. sordre , sourdre (> E. obs. sourd ), F. sourdre , Pr.sorger , sorzir = Sp. L. surgere , contr. of surrigere , subrigere (pp. sur rectus , sub rectus), tr. lift up, raise, erect, intr. rise, arise, get up, spring up, grow, etc., sub , under, from under, + regere , stretch: see re gent . Hence surge , n., and (from the L. verb) surgent , ult. source , sourd, souse2 , and in comp. in surge , insurgent , insurrection , etc., resurge , resurgent, resurrection, etc. In def. 2 the verb depends partly on the noun.] 1. To rise and fall, as a ship on the waves; especially, to ride near the shore; ride at anchor. surgir = Pg. sordir, surdir = It. sorgere, rise, The same Tewsdaye at nyghte late we surged in ye Rode, not fer from Curfoo, for ye cal me wolde not suffre vs to come into the hauyn that nyghte. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 71. Since thou must goe to surge in the gastfull Seas, with a sorrow full ki e I bid thee farewell. Greene , Pandosto. 2. To rise high and roll, as waves: literally or figuratively. The surging waters like a mountain rise. As it drew to eventide, The foe still surged on every side. IMG:content-2552.jpg:[graphic] Spenser . William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 370. What surging vigor! Lowell , Study Windows, p. 330. 3. Naut.: (a) To slip back: as, the cable surges. (6) To let go a piece of rope suddenly; slack a rope up suddenly when it renders round a pin, a winch, windla , or capstan. Captain Kane, she won't hold much longer [by the hawser]; it's blowing the devil himself, and I am afraid to surge. Kane, Sec. Grinn. Exp., I. 70.