Definition of Chield

1. a young man [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chield

chiefs
chiefs of state
chiefship
chiefships
chieftain
chieftaincies
chieftaincy
chieftainess
chieftainesses
chieftains
chieftainship
chieftainships
chieftess
chieftesses
chiel
chield (current term)
chields
chiels
chiengora
chierte
chievance
chievances
chiffarobe
chiffarobes
chiffchaff
chiffchaffs
chiffon
chiffon cake
chiffon cakes
chiffonade

Literary usage of Chield

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mattapoisett and Old Rochester, Massachusetts: Being a History of These by Mary Hall Leonard (1907)
"BOLLS, Unice the chield of Saml by his wife Mary, July 1, 1764. Lydia the chield of Saml ... BOOLS, Asa the chield of Thoms by his wife Anne, June 27, 1756. ..."

2. Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 by Waltham (Mass.), Waltham (Mass (1904)
"chield], s. Isaac and Eunice, Aug. 12, 1741. Abraham [dup. Childs], ch. ... chield], s. Daniel and Mary, Sept . 30, 1743. Jonas, ch. ..."

3. The Edinburgh Literary Journal; Or, Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1830)
"At length there cam a chield o' game, Patie the Packman ca'd by name ; A randy lad whom nought ... chield ..."

4. Shropshire Parish Registers by Shropshire Parish Register Society, William Phillimore Watts Phillimore (1908)
"John, a young chield of William Wright bur. ;, July 7. ... Jane, a yonge chield of Richard Poyner bur. ,, Oct. 18. Thomas, a yonge chield of Thomas Nevitt . ..."

5. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"S. O stay, sweet warbling \ A chield's amang you, taking notes, Thrill the deepest notes of woe, . . . S, Sensibility^ \ Yes, pour, ye warblers, ..."

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