Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
SHENT
Verb
shent
simple past tense and past participle of shend
Anagrams
• Neths, The S*n, Thens, he'sn't, hents, hesn't
Source: Wiktionary
Shent,
Definition: obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Shend, for shendeth. Chaucer.
Shent, v. t.
Definition: To shend. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SHEND
Shend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shent; p. pr. & vb. n. Shending.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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