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Definition of Meikle

1. large [adj] - See also: large

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meikle

Literary usage of Meikle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1841)
"O meikle thinks my luve o' my beauty. And meikle thinks my luve o' my kin ... sae meikle in luve wi' the siller, He canna hae luve to spare for me. ..."

2. Lives of the Engineers: With an Account of Their Principal Works; Comprising by Samuel Smiles (1862)
"Writing home to his brother, he desired him to send out to Holland one James meikle, an ingenious country wright of Wester Keith,1 for the pln-pose of ..."

3. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Why is outlandish stuff sae meikle courted ? Scots Prologue. For gen'rous patronage, and meikle kindness, . . Ib. 1 lo'ed her meikle and lang ; . ..."

4. The History of Civilisation in Scotland by John Mackintosh (1896)
"James meikle, a country wright of Wester Keith, having learned the art of ... Andrew meikle, a son of James meikle, was a ingenious mechanic ; and he ..."

5. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1819)
"Reply to Mr. meikle on Centrifugal Force. By the Rev. Patrick Keith. ... YOUR correspondent Mr. meikle, who has favoured us with an article on centrifugal ..."

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