Sur*charge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surcharged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Surcharging (?).] [F. surcharger. See Sur-, and Charge, and cf.
Overcharge, Supercharge, Supercargo.] 1. To overload; to overburden; to
overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to
surcharge a cannon.
Four charged two, and two surcharged one.
Spenser.
Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, Droops like a rose
surcharged with morning dew.
Dryden.
2. (Law) (a) To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a
common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage
will sustain. Blackstone. (b) (Equity) To show an omission in (an
account) for which credit ought to have been given. Story. Daniel.
Sur*charge", n. [F.] 1. An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a
load greater than can well be borne.
A numerous nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state,
for it is surcharge of expense.
Bacon.
2. (Law) (a) The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common
than he has a right to. (b) (Equity) The showing an omission, as in an
account, for which credit ought to have been given. Burrill.
Sur*charge"ment (?), n. The act of surcharging; also, surcharge,
surplus. [Obs.] Daniel.
Sur*char"ger (?), n. One who surcharges.
Sur"cin`gle (?), n. [OE. sursengle, OF. sursangle. See Sur-, and
Cingle, Shingles.] 1. A belt, band, or girth which passes over a
saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast.
2. (Eccl.) The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the
waist.
Sur"cin`gled (?), a. Bound with the surcingle.
Sur"cle (?), n. [L. surculus.] A little shoot; a twig; a sucker. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Sur"cloy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surcloyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Surcloying.] To surfeit. [Obs.]
Sur"coat` (?), n. [OE. surcote, OF. surcote. See Sur-, and Coat, and
cf. Overcoat.] 1. A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the
long and flowing garment of knights, worn over the armor, and
frequently emblazoned with the arms of the wearer.
A long surcoat of pers upon he had..
Chaucer.
At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.
Emerson.
2. A name given to the outer garment of either sex at different epochs
of the Middle Ages.
Sur"crew` (?), n. [From F. surcroît increase, or surcrû, p. p. of
surcroître to overgrow.] Increase; addition; surplus. [Obs.] Sir H.
Wotton.
Sur"cu*late (?), v. t. [L. surculatus, p. p. of surculare to purne,
from surculus a shoot, sprout. See Surcle.] To purne; to trim. [Obs.]
Cockeram.