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Definition of Mickle

1. Noun. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. "A wad of money"

Definition of Mickle

1. a. Much; great.

Definition of Mickle

1. Adjective. (chiefly Scotland and Northumbria) much, great ¹

2. Noun. (chiefly Scotland) A great amount. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mickle

1. large [adj -LER, -LEST] / a large amount [n -S] - See also: large

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mickle

Literary usage of Mickle

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

1. The Memorial History of the City of New-York: From Its First Settlement to by James Grant Wilson (1893)
"2 Andrew Hutchins mickle came of an ancient Scotch family, ... The family of the poet William Julius mickle, whose ballad "Cumnor Hall" suggested to Scott ..."

2. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, Edward Manson, John Melville Gould (1898)
"That whilst such mutual dealings and accounts as aforesaid existed between him and the said G. mickle, and before the said G. mickle became bankrupt, ..."

3. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1899)
"That whilst such mutual dealings and accounts as aforesaid existed between him and the said G. mickle, and before the said G. mickle became bankrupt, ..."

4. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1875)
"In 1705 mickle published several short poems, and two years after " The Concubine," a poem in two cantos, in the manner of Spenser. ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1854)
"mickle became bankrupt, and from thence until and at the time of the su supposed conversion in the 'said declaration mentioned, carried on and sal carries ..."

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