Surged

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Surge \Surge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Surging}.] [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).


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