† shangan Sc. Obs.
Also shangin, shanjan.
[a. Gael. seangan, ? f. seang slender, narrow.]
‘A stick cleft at one end for putting on a dog's tail’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.). Cf. shangy n.
| 1786 Burns Ordination ii, He'll clap a shangan on her tail, An' set the bairns to daud her Wi' dirt this day. 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts on Seasons 20 And Gibby skelp'd before the fae, Like Colly wi' a shangin. 1824 Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 425. |