\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.]
1. To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. [Obs.] ``Loss of time
   shendeth us.'' --Chaucer.
         I fear my body will be shent.         --Dryden.
2. To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or
   put to shame. [Archaic] --R. Browning.
         The famous name of knighthood foully shend.
                                               --Spenser.
         She passed the rest as Cynthia doth shend The lesser
         stars.                                --Spenser.