Surficial, sur-fish′al, adj. formed on the surface, as opposed to Subterranean.
Surfrappé, sur-frap′ā, adj. restruck or restamped—of a coin. [Fr.]
Surfusion, sur-fū′shun, n. the condition of being liquid below fusing-point.
Surge, surj, n. the rising or swelling of a large wave.—v.i. to rise high: to swell.—adj. Sur′gy, full of surges or waves: billowy. [L. surgĕre, to rise.]
Surgeon, sur′jun, n. one who treats injuries or diseases by manual operations.—ns. Sur′geoncy, Sur′geonship, the office or employment of a surgeon in the army or navy; Sur′gery, act and art of treating lesions or malformations of the human body by manual operations, mediate and immediate: a place for surgical operations.—adj. Sur′gical, pertaining to surgeons, or to surgery: done by surgery.—adv. Sur′gically. [A doublet of chirurgeon (q.v.).]
Suricate, sū′ri-kāt, n. a long-legged South African carnivore, allied to the civet, genette, and ichneumon.
Surinam-toad, sū-ri-nam′-tōd, n. a South American toad-like amphibian.
Surloin, the preferable form of sirloin (q.v.).
Surly, sur′li, adj. morose: uncivil: tempestuous.—adv. Sur′lily.—n. Sur′liness. [For sir-ly, for sir-like, arrogant.]
Surmaster, sur′mas-tėr, n. a master in a school next in rank to a headmaster.