'scend' definitions:

Definition of 'scend'

From: WordNet
verb
Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged" [syn: scend, surge]

Definition of 'scend'

From: GCIDE
  • Send \Send\, n. (Naut.) The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily. [Written also scend.] --W. C. Russell. "The send of the sea". --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]