Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1780-1818
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
SHAM, v.3 Sc. usage: to cheat, deceive, delude. Also with o'er, to fob off. Obs. in Eng. earlier.Abd. c.1780 W. Walker Bards Bon-Accord (1887) 321:
Ye dinna sham folk wi' riff-raff.Slg. 1818 W. Muir Poems 56:
At ilka meal they sham ye o'er, Wi' what ye had the day before.
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Sham v.3". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/sham_v3>
