2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.

Sur"fa*cer (?), n. A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood,

metal, stone, etc.

Surf"boat` (?), n. (Naut.) A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is

built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of

waves and of contact with the beach.

Sur"feit (?), n. [OE. surfet, OF. surfait, sorfait, excess, arrogance,

crime, fr. surfaire, sorfaire, to augment, exaggerate, F. surfaire to

overcharge; sur over + faire to make, do, L. facere. See Sur-, and

Fact.] 1. Excess in eating and drinking.

Let not Sir Surfeit sit at thy board.

Piers Plowman.

Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made.

Shak.

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

eating and drinking.

To prevent surfeit and other diseases that are incident to those

that heat their blood by travels.

Bunyan.

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