Shame

SHAME, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Som. Also in forms shaam w.Yks.1 ne.Lan.1; shaim Sc.; sham Sc. N.Cy.1 Dur. Cum.3 Wm. n.Yks.2 n.Yks.3 e.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 ne.Lan.1; shawm s.Lan.1; shem Nhb.1 Cum.; sheyem, shyem Nhb.1 [ʃēm, ʃeəm, ʃiəm, ʃam.] 1. sb. In phr. (1) a shame and a bizen, a disgraceful object; a cause of shame; (2) a shame to be seen, not fit to be seen; shamefully; (3) shame astern, not one; (4) to call shame on, to cry shame upon; (5) to play the shames, to create a disturbance; (6) to take shame, (7) to think shame, to be ashamed. (1) Nhb.1 She's a shem an' a bizen. Dur. Ah thowght it a sham-an-abyzen te spend si mickle money, Egglestone Betty Podkins' Lett. (1877) 6. Cum. Now to see her whol'd stockins, her brat an her gown ─ She's a shem an a byzen to aw the heale town, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 63. Lan. Waugh Jannock (1874) ii. (2) n.Yks.3 They knocked yan another about Just warse than a sham to be seen, Reeth Bartle Fair, l. 45-6. e.Yks.1 That mucky hang-ketcher's a sham tĭ be seen. He abused poor lad a sham tĭ be seen, MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. Banks Wkfld. Wds. (1865); His faice is scratted all ovver a shame to be seen, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1852) 4. Lan. Ther' sich fo'in eaut an' feightin' as wur a shawm to be seen, Brierley Red Wind. (1868). (3) N.Cy.1 (4) Don. Masther McGrane called shame on Neil to let Phelim Ruadh, who was only poutherin' through the books, bate him like that, Pearson's Mag. (May 1900) 477. (5) w.Yks. They'd ta tell him. They wor the shames ta play! Hartley Clock Alm. (1874) 17; (J.W.) (6) Wm. Tak' shame to thysel'... Does ta think God gave thee a dad for thee to fleer at? Ollivant Owd Bob (1900) 59. (7) Bnff. To ape their Lairds may think nae shame, Taylor Poems (1787) 10. Rnf. There's no a wife aboot the place But I think shame to see, Barr Poems (1861) 172. Cum.3 I begon rayder to think shām o' shootin' an' bellerin' sooa at an oald man. 2. Comp. (1) Shame-reel, obs., a kind of dance; see below; (2) Shame-spring, the music to which the ‘shame-reel’ was danced. (1) Sc. In several counties of Sc. this was the name of the first dance after the celebration of a marriage. It was performed by the bride and best man, and the bridegroom and best maid. The bride's partner asked what was to be the ‘shame spring’ and she commonly answered ─ ‘Through the warld will I gang wi' the lad that loes me,’ which on being communicated to the fiddlers, was struck up, and the dance went on somewhat punctiliously while the guests looked on in silence, and greeted the close with applause. This dance was common in Frf. twenty years ago. The origin of the term is sufficiently obvious in the shamefacedness of the bride (Jam.). (2) ne.Sc. Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 95. 3. Used in imprecations: the devil. n.Sc. Shame care. Shame fa' ye (Jam.). Abd. The shame be on's for ae clean rag, Beattie Parings (1801) 31, ed. 1873. Peb. Tam weel kend it was his luckie, Shame a fit wad ever steer, Affleck Poet. Wks. (1836) 122. s.Don. Shame a hate, Simmons Gl. (1890). Nhb.1 Shem a ma! Shem bin ye! Cum. Shem faw it, Relph Misc. Poems (1747) 5. w.Yks. Nay, the shames! who's done this? Leeds Merc. Suppl. (May 8, 1897); w.Yks.1 ‘What the shaams,’ i.e. what, are you not ashamed? ne.Lan.1 4. Fault; improper conduct. n.Yks.2 Wheea's sham is 't? w.Yks.1 5. v. In phr. not to shame one's meat or keep, of a stout, healthy-looking person: not to look underfed. Gall. (A.W.) n.Yks. He dizn't sham his keep (I.W.). e.Yks.1 6. To be ashamed; to blush with shame. Abd. Gin it be sae, ye needna shame to tell, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 94. se.Sc. For ye about the gout to clash on I sham to hear, Donaldson Poems (1809) 198. Cum. T'pooar fella was beginnen teh leuck whyte shammt, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 7; Cum.3 12. Wm. Jim Hutcheysen Med o' th' wimmen sham, Blezard Sngs. (1848) 42. e.Yks. Nicholson Flk. Sp. (1889) 91. m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Jerry's wife fair shamed ageean, Cudworth Dial. Sketches (1884) 28; w.Yks.1 w.Yks.3 Lan. Aw shamed terrible last neet when thi fayther would make me into a beggar whether or not, Clegg David's Loom (1894) iii; Thou con tell a thumper without shawmin', Brierley Cast upon World (1886) 321. ne.Lan.1 s.Lan.1 Aw shawm't like a thief i' a mill, 5. Hence (1) shamed reel, phr., obs., the first dance after a wedding; see Shame-reel; (2) Shameful, adj. modest, bashful; (3) shameful reel, phr., obs., see (1). (1) Sc. (Jam.) ne.Sc. The dancing was begun by the shaimit reel... performed by the bride, the bride's maidens, the bridegroom, and the best young men, Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 95. (2) Abd. Tho' she was shamefu', hunger made her yield, Ross Helenore (1768) 30, ed. 1812; Shamefu' she was and skeigh like ony hair, Ross Helenore 30. (3) n.Sc. Win up, win up, now bride, he says, And dance a shamefu' reel, Buchan Ballads (1828) I. 100, ed. 1875. 7. To scold; to rebuke. w.Som.1 'Ton't never do vor to beat thick dog. I've a-shame un well, an' he knowth he've a-do'd amiss, so well's any kirstin.

SHAME, v. Cum. In phr. to shame of, to be ashamed of. (E.W.P.)