noun. A young man; a fellow: used in either a good or a bad sense.

noun. Alternative form of chield.

"The "chiel" among the agriculturists "taking notes" will be more likely to seduce than to warn; and if the record of his eventual triumphs be received as gospel truth, we must expect a vast emigration of the men of mind from the cities to the country."

Billie  Bree  Lear  Whales  bailie