/send/ , Naut.
v.i. (of a vessel)
1. to heave in a swell.
2. to lurch forward from the motion of a heavy sea.
n.
3. the heaving motion of a vessel.
4. the forward impulse imparted by the motion of a sea against a vessel.
Also, send .
[ 1615-25; cf. SEND 2 ; perh. aph. var. of ASCEND, DESCEND ]