Scend
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.
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
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