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Put to shame, old style
Answer for the clue "Put to shame, old style ", 5 letters:
shend
Word definitions for shend in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context obsolete English) To disgrace or put to shame. 2 (context archaic English) To blame. 3 (context archaic English) To destroy, to spoil.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shend \Shend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shent ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shending .] [AS. scendan to disgrace, bring to shame, from sceand, sceond, disgrace, dishonor, shame; akin to G. schande, Goth. skanda. See Shame , n.] To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. [Obs.] ``Loss ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"shame, disgrace" (obsolete or dialectal), Old English scand "ignominy, shame, confusion, disgrace; scandal, disgraceful thing; wretch, impostor, infamous man; bad woman," from the source of Old English scamu "shame" (see shame (n.)) + -þa , with change ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Shend or Shand may refer to: Shend, Razavi Khorasan Shend, Sistan and Baluchestan Shand, South Khorasan
Usage examples of shend.
In this ungirt hour there imported himself into our life a youngish-looking middle-aged man of the name of Shend, with a blurred face and deprecating eyes.
There we lay off Funchal for weeks, while Shend did miracles of luxury and attendance through deputies, and never once asked how his guests were enjoying themselves.
I never met a man who so nobly gave and so nobly received thanks as Shend did.
Attley stood it out, visibly yellowing, till the next meal, and followed suit, and Shend and I had the little table all to ourselves.
I wrote my requisition to the doctor while Shend was struggling to his feet.
The ranger and the guard, Shend, followed Lord Mourngrym out of the courtroom.