Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - careen

 I. verb  Etymology: from carine side of a ship, from Middle French, submerged part of a hull, from Latin carina hull, half of a nutshell; perhaps akin to Greek karyon nut  Date: circa 1583  transitive verb  1. to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull  2. to cause to heel over  intransitive verb  1.  a. to ~ a boat  b. to undergo this process  2. to heel over  3. to sway from side to side ; lurch a ~ing carriage being pulled wildly…by a team of runaway horses — J. P. Getty  4. career  II. noun  Date: 1712 archaic the act or process of ~ing ; the state of being ~ed