scend
[send]
/sɛnd/
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
3.
the heaving motion of a vessel.
4.
the forward impulse imparted by the motion of a sea against a vessel.
Also,
send
.
Origin
1615-25;
cf.
send
2
; perhaps aphetic variant of
ascend
,
descend
Examples from the web for
scend
The submarine lies in many fathoms of water, and the divers were able to de
scend
only a short distance.
British Dictionary definitions for
scend
scend
/
sɛnd
/
verb
scends,
scending,
scended,
sends,
sending,
sent
1.
(of a vessel) to surge upwards in a heavy sea
noun
2.
the upward heaving of a vessel pitching
3.
the forward lift given a vessel by the sea
Word Origin
C17: perhaps from
descend
or
ascend