muckle

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  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”Synonyms: batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmountainpasselpeckpileplentypotquite a littleraftsightslewspatestacktidy sumwad
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Mickle \Mic"kle\ (m[i^]k"k'l), a. [OE. mikel, muchel, mochel, mukel, AS. micel, mycel; akin to OS. mikil, OHG. mihil, mihhil, Icel. mikill, mykill, Goth. mikils, L. magnus, Gr. me`gas, gen. mega`loy; 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. [1913 Webster]

Muckle \Muc"kle\ (m[u^]k"k'l), a. [See Mickle.] Much. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
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