Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flam \Flam\ (fl[a^]m), n. [Cf. AS. {fle['a]m}, {fl[=ae]m},
   flight. [root] 84 . Cf. {Flimflam}.]
   A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory
   pretext; deception; delusion. [Obs.]

         A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity. --South.

Flam \Flam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flammed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Flamming}.]
   To deceive with a falsehood. [Obs.]

         God is not to be flammed off with lies.  --South.