Mickle MICK'LE, a. Much; great. [Obsolete,but retained in the Scottish language.]

mickle n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal}, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]

mickle also meikle adjective Etymology: Middle English mikel, from Old English micel — more at much Date: before 12th century chiefly Scottish great, much • mickle adverb, chiefly Scottish

mickle
adj. & n. (also muckle) archaic or Sc.
--adj. much, great.
--n. a large amount.
Phrases and idioms:
many a little makes a mickle (orig. erron. many a mickle makes a muckle) many small amounts accumulate to make a large amount.
Etymology: ME f. ON mikell f. Gmc

mickle adj. & n. (also muckle) archaic or Sc. --adj. much, great. --n. a large amount. ømany a little makes a mickle (orig. erron. many a mickle makes a muckle) many small amounts accumulate to make a large amount. [ME f. ON mikell f. Gmc]

Mickle \Mic"kle\, a. [OE. mikel, muchel, mochel, mukel, AS. micel, mycel; akin to OS. mikil, OHG. mihil, mihhil, Icel. mikill, mykill, Goth. mikils, L. magnus, Gr. ?, gen. ?; cf. Skr. mahat. [root]103. Cf. Much, Muckle, Magnitude.] Much; great. [Written also muckle and mockle.] [Old Eng. & Scot.] ``A man of mickle might.'' --Spenser.

mickle a. [Scotch.] Much, great.

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