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SURFED
Verb
surfed
simple past tense and past participle of surf
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SURF
Surf, n. Etym: [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.]
Definition: The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. Surf bird (Zoöl.), a ploverlike bird of the genus Aphriza, allied to the turnstone.
РSurf clam (Zo̦l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima. See Mactra.
РSurf duck (Zo̦l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus Oidemia, especially O. percpicillata; -- called also surf scoter. See the Note under Scoter.
РSurf fish (Zo̦l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid.
РSurf smelt. (Zo̦l.) See Smelt.
РSurf whiting. (Zo̦l.) See under Whiting.
Surf, n.
Definition: The bottom of a drain. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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