Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SHEB, n. Also shev. A long face, a wry mouth, a grimace of displeasure or disappointment, gen. in phr. to set a sheb, to let one's face fall (Ork. 1929 Marw.). Cf. Shevel.
[Appar. a scotticised form of Norw. dial. skeiba, skeiva, to make a wry mouth. But cf. Sleb.]
