Definitions for scendsɛnd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

scendsɛnd(v.i.)

or send 2

  1. (of a vessel) to heave in a swell.

    Category: Nautical, Navy

  2. (n.)the heaving motion of a vessel.

    Category: Nautical, Navy

Origin of scend:

1615–25; perh. by aphesis from ascend , descend

Princeton's WordNet

  1. scend, surge(verb)

    rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave

    "the boats surged"

Wiktionary

  1. scend(Noun)

    The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge


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