She called the saints to surety, That she would never put it from
her finger, Unless she gave it to yourself.
Shak.
Sure"ty, v. t. To act as surety for. [Obs.] Shak.
Sure"ty*ship, n. The state of being surety; the obligation of a person
to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another. Bouvier.
Surf (?), n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E.
sough.] 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. -- Surf clam (Zoöl.), a large clam living on the open
coast, especially Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima. See Mactra. -- Surf
duck (Zoöl.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus
Oidemia, especially O. percpicillata; -- called also surf scoter. See
the Note under Scoter. -- Surf fish (Zoöl.), any one of numerous
species of California embiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid. -- Surf
smelt. (Zoöl.) See Smelt. -- Surf whiting. (Zoöl.) See under Whiting.