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Definitions for: Mickle
[n] (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"; "it must have cost plenty"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
See Also: deluge, flood, inundation, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, torrent
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