Definitions for scendsɛnd
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
scendsɛnd(v.i.)
or send 2
(of a vessel) to heave in a swell.
Category: Nautical, Navy
(n.)the heaving motion of a vessel.
Category: Nautical, Navy
Origin of scend:
1615–25; perh. by aphesis from ascend , descend
Princeton's WordNet
scend, surge(verb)
rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
"the boats surged"
Wiktionary
scend(Noun)
The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge
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