surgedadj.
rare. ? Obsolete.
1. Raised or moved as in swelling waves.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > undulating > violently or heavily
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1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vii. §3. 355 The harmlesse choristers of the rebounding woods and echoing groves, do then begin to tune again their sugred throats.
2. Heraldry. = undee adj., wavy adj. 6c.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > wavy
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 19/1 Wavee, or Wavey, or Waved, or Unde, or Surged.
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