scend

or send

[ send ]

verb (used without object)(of a vessel)
  1. to heave in a swell.

  2. to lurch forward from the motion of a heavy sea.

noun
  1. the heaving motion of a vessel.

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

Origin of scend

1
1615–25; cf. send2; perhaps aphetic variant of ascend, descend

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British Dictionary definitions for scend

scend

verbscends, scending, scended, sends, sending or sent
  1. (of a vessel) to surge upwards in a heavy sea

noun
  1. the upward heaving of a vessel pitching

  2. the forward lift given a vessel by the sea

Origin of scend

1
C17: perhaps from descend or ascend

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