scend

or send

[send]Nautical

verb (used without object) (of a vessel)

to heave in a swell.

to lurch forward from the motion of a heavy sea.

noun

the heaving motion of a vessel.

the forward impulse imparted by the motion of a sea against a vessel.

Origin of scend

1615–25; cf. send²; perhaps aphetic variant of ascend, descend

Can be confusedscend send

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Examples from the Web for scend

Historical Examples of scend

Scend, send, n. the upward angular displacement of a vessel—opposed to Pitch, the correlative downward movement.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)
Various
In an hour and a half after this, we reached and crossed the river Scend, about two miles from the top of the ghaut.
Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp
John Shipp
This fort stands on the river Scend; and two sides of it are protected and guarded by that river, which is deep.
Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp
John Shipp

British Dictionary definitions for scend

scend

send

nautical

verb scends, scending, scended, sends, sending or sent

(of a vessel) to surge upwards in a heavy sea

noun

the upward heaving of a vessel pitching

the forward lift given a vessel by the sea

Word Origin for scend

C17: perhaps from descend or ascend

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