scend
or send
[ send ]
/ sɛnd /
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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.
Nearby words
scelp, scena, scenario, scenarist, scenary, scend, scene, scene dock, scene master, scene-stealer, scenery
Can be confusedscend send
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Examples from the Web for scend
This fort stands on the river Scend; and two sides of it are protected and guarded by that river, which is deep.
Scend, send, n. the upward angular displacement of a vessel—opposed to Pitch, the correlative downward movement.
In an hour and a half after this, we reached and crossed the river Scend, about two miles from the top of the ghaut.
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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