scend
/sɛnd
/(also send) archaic
noun
1The push or surge created by a wave.To each foaming scend the ship drove in a curtsey of fury.
1.1A pitching or surging movement in a boat.
verb [no object]
(Of a vessel) pitch or surge up in a heavy sea: she scended forward, heavily and sickly, on the long swell...
- She scended forward, heavily and sickly, on the long swell.
Origin
Late 15th century (as a verb): alteration of send1 or descend. The noun dates from the early 18th century.
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