English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Surfeit (n.)

Excess in eating and drinking.

Surfeit (n.)

Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking.

Surfeit (n.)

Disgust caused by excess; satiety.

Surfeit (v. i.)

To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess.

Surfeit (v. i.)

To indulge to satiety in any gratification.

Surfeit (v. t.)

To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets.

Surfeit (v. t.)

To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments.

Surfeit-water (n.)

Water for the cure of surfeits.

Surfeited (imp. & p. p.)

of Surfeit

Surfeiter (n.)

One who surfeits.

Surfeiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Surfeit

Surfel (v. t.)

Alt. of Surfle

Surfer (n.)

The surf duck.

Surfle (v. t.)

To wash, as the face, with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from the sulphur.

Surfman (n.)

One who serves in a surfboat in the life-saving service.

Surfoot (a.)

Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed.

Surfy (a.)

Consisting of, abounding in, or resembling, surf; as, a surfy shore.

Surge (n.)

A spring; a fountain.

Surge (n.)

A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.

Surge (n.)

The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.