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单词 chield
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chieldn.

Brit. /tʃiːld/, U.S. /tʃild/, Scottish English /tʃild/
Forms: Also 1500s cheild, 1500s– chiel.
Etymology: Apparently a variant of child n.For child in its ordinary sense bairn n. is used in Scots The chief difficulty with chield is phonetic: in no other word is English -ild/aɪld/ represented by /ild/ in Scots But no other origin for the word has suggested itself.
Scottish.
1. In chamber-chield = valet; see chamber child n. at chamber n. Compounds 4. Obsolete.
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1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 703 With ane sword..His chalmer cheild and all the laif, to deid..he pot thame all.
c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. 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’.
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1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. xvii. 20 Twa sturdy Chiels.
1786 R. Burns Poems 81 But Facts are cheels that winna ding, An' downa be disputed.
1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 219 A chield's amang you, taking notes.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 102 She's breaking her heart..about this wild chield.
3. ‘= child n. in Aberdeenshire’ (Jamieson).
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1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 73 (Jam.) Heard ye nae word, gin he had chiel or chare? [(?) child or dear].
1790 Shirrefs Gloss. Chiel, child; Wi' chiel, with child.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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