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- English Word Surge Definition To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).
- English Word Surged Definition of Surge
- English Word Surgeful Definition Abounding in surges; surgy.
- English Word Surgeless Definition Free from surges; smooth; calm.
- English Word Surgent Definition Rising; swelling, as a flood.
- English Word Surgeon Definition One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.
- English Word Surgeon Definition Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon.
- English Word Surgeoncy Definition The office or employment of a surgeon, as in the naval or military service.
- English Word Surgeonry Definition Surgery.
- English Word Surgery Definition The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or by medicines and constitutional treatment.
- English Word Surgery Definition A surgeon's operating room or laboratory.
- English Word Surgical Definition Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments.
- English Word Surgically Definition By means of surgery.
- English Word Surging Definition of Surge
- English Word Surgy Definition Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.
- English Word Suricat Definition Same as Zenick.
- English Word Surinam toad Definition A species of toad native of Surinam. See Pipa.
- English Word Surintendant Definition Superintendent.
- English Word Surlily Definition In a surly manner.
- English Word Surliness Definition The quality or state of being surly.
- English Word Surling Definition A sour, morose fellow.
- English Word Surloin Definition A loin of beef, or the upper part of the loin. See Sirloin, the more usual, but not etymologically preferable, orthography.
- English Word Surly Definition Arrogant; haughty.
- English Word Surly Definition Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look.
- English Word Surly Definition Rough; dark; tempestuous.
- English Word Surmark Definition A mark made on the molds of a ship, when building, to show where the angles of the timbers are to be placed.
- English Word Surmen Definition of Surfman
- English Word Surmisable Definition Capable of being surmised; as, a surmisable result.
- English Word Surmisal Definition Surmise.
- English Word Surmise Definition A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.