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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mickle \Mic"kle\ (m[i^]k"k'l), adjective [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mickle
noun: (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" [syn: {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}]
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