scend

or send

[ send ]

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

Words that may be confused with scend

scend , send

Words Nearby scend

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How to use scend in a sentence

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
The immense volume of water thrown forward by the last scend of the ship had burst the lee door of the forecastle.
The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" | Joseph Conrad

British Dictionary definitions for scend

scend

verbscends, 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

Origin of scend

C17: perhaps from descend or ascend

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