scend

 
Pronunciation: /sɛnd/
(also send)
archaic

noun

  • the push or surge created by a wave.
  • a 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

Origin:

late 15th century (as a verb): alteration of send1 or descend. The noun dates from the early 18th century