Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SURGE, n. [L. surgo, to rise; Sans. surgo, highth.]

1. A large wave or billow; a great rolling swell of water. [It is not applied to small waves, and is chiefly used in poetry and eloquence.] He dies aloft, and with impetuous roar, / Pursues the foaming surges to the shore. – Dryden.
2. In shipbuilding, the tapered part in front of the whelps, between the chocks of a capstan, on which the messenger may surge. – Cyc.

SURGE, v.i.

1. To swell; to rise high and roll; as waves. The surging waters like a mountain rise. – Spenser.
2. To slip back; as, the cable surges.

SURGE, v.t.

To let go a portion of a rope suddenly. Surge the messenger. – Mar. Dict.

SURGE-LESS, a. [surj'less.]

Free from surges; smooth; calm.

SUR'GEON, n. [sur'jen; contracted from chirurgeon.]

One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation. In a more general sense, one whose occupation is to cure external diseases, whether by manual operation, or by medicines externally or internally.

SUR'GER-Y, n.

Properly, the act of healing by manual operation; or that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body. In more general sense, the act or art of healing external diseases by manual operation or by medicines; or that branch of medical science which has for its principal object the cure of external injuries. – Cooper.

SUR'GIC-AL, a.

Pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery.

SUR'GING, ppr.

Swelling and rolling, as billows. Surging waves against a solid rock. – Milton.

SUR'GY, a.

Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; as, the surgy main. – Pope.

SU'RIC-ATE, n.

An animal like the ichneumon; the four-toed weasel. – Dict.

SUR'LI-LY, adv. [from surly.]

In a surly, morose manner.

SUR'LI-NESS, n.

Gloomy moroseness; crabbed ill nature; as, the surliness of a dog.

SUR'LING, n.

A sour morose fellow. [Not in use.] – Camden.

SUR'LY, a. [W. swr, surly, snarling; swri, surliness, sullenness. Qu. its alliance with sour.]

1. Gloomily morose crabbed; snarling; sternly sour; rough; cross and rude; as, a surly groom; a surly dog. That surly spirit, melancholy. – Shak.
2. Rough; dark; tempestuous. Now soften'd into joy the surly storm. – Thomson.

SUR-MI'SAL, n.

Surmise. [Not in use.]

SUR-MISE, n.

Suspicion; the thought or imagination that: something may be, of which however there is no certain or strong evidence; as, the surmises of jealousy or of envy. We double honor gain / From his surmise prov'd false. – Milton. No man ought to be charged with principles lie disowns, unless his practices contradict his professions; not upon small surmises. – Swift.

SUR-MISE, v.t. [surmi'ze; Norm. surmys, alledged; surmitter, to surmise, to accuse, to suggest; Fr. sur and mettre, to put.]

To suspect; to imagine without certain knowledge; to entertain thoughts that something does or will exist, but upon slight evidence. It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew / That what before she but surmis'd, was true. – Dryden. This change was not wrought by altering the form or position of the earth, as was surmised by a very learned man, but by dissolving it. – Woodward.

SUR-MIS-ED, pp.

Suspected; imagined upon slight evidence.

SUR-MIS-ER, n.

One who surmises.

SUR-MIS-ING, n.

The act of suspecting; surmise; as, evil surmisings. – 1 Tim. vi.

SUR-MIS-ING, ppr.

Suspecting; imagining upon slight evidence.

SUR-MOUNT', v.t. [Fr. surmonter; sur and monter, to ascend.]

1. To rise above. The mountains of Olympus, Atho and Atlas, surmount all winds and clouds. – Ralegh.
2. To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles.
3. To surpass; to exceed. Wind surmounts the reach / Of human sense. – Milton.

SUR-MOUNT'A-BLE, a.

That may be overcome; superable.

SUR-MOUNT'A-BLE-NESS, n.

The state of being surmountable.

SUR-MOUNT'ED, a.

1. In architecture, used to denote an arch or dome, which rises higher than a semicircle.
2. In heraldry, a term used when one figure is laid over another. – Brande.