| 释义 |
chield Sc.|tʃild|
Also 6 cheild, 6– chiel.
[App. a variant of child.
For child in its ordinary sense bairn is used in Sc. The chief difficulty with chield is phonetic: in no other word is Eng. -ild |-aɪld| represented by |-ild| in Sc. But no other origin for the word has suggested itself.]
†1. In chamber-chield = valet; see chamber n. 13. Obs.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 703 With ane sword..His chalmer cheild and all the laif, to deid..he pot thame all. c1565Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. 27 (Jam.) He called for his chamber-chiels, and caused them to light candles.
2. A familiar term for man, esp. young man, lad; ‘fellow’, ‘chap’.
a1758Ramsay Poet. Wks. (1844) 83 Twa sturdy chiels. 1786Burns Dream iv, But facts are chiels that winna ding, And downa be disputed. 1789― On Captain Grose i, A chield's amang you taking notes. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xvii, She's breaking her heart..about this wild chield.
3. ‘= child in Aberdeenshire’ (Jamieson).
1768Ross Helenore 73 (Jam.) Heard ye nae word, gin he had chiel or chare? [(?) child or dear]. 1790Shirrefs Gloss., Chiel, child; Wi' chiel, with child. |