An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To CHICK, v. n. To make a clicking noise, as a watch does, S.

Teut. kick-en, mutire, minimam vocem edere.

CHICKENWORT, s. Chickweed, S. Alsine media, Linn.

From chicken and wort, an herb.

CHIEL, CHIELD, s.
1. A servant.
Chamber-cheil, a servant who waits in a gentleman's chamber, a valet.
Pitscottie.

Su. G. kullt, a boy, kulla, a girl, kulle, offspring. Or [Child], q. v. corr. from O. E. pronounced by the common people in E. Cheild or Cheeld.

2. A fellow, used either in a good or bad sense, although more commonly as expressive of disrespect, S.
Ramsay.
3. A stripling, a young man, S. It is applied indifferently to a young man or woman, S. B.
Ross.
4. An appellation expressive of fondness, S. B.
Ross.

To CHIER, CHEIR, v. a. To cut, to wound.
Chr. Kirk.

A. S. scear-an, scer-an, tondere. Cheard, which occurs in the same stanza, seems to be the pret. of the v.

CHIERE, s. Chair.
King's Quair.