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muckle (iou)



muckle adjective (in mod. usage also classed as a determiner), pronoun, noun, & adverb. .

A. adjective.
Great; considerable in size, bulk, number, importance, or (passing into sense A.2) amount or degree. OE.
A great quantity or amount of; much. OE.
Comb.: muckle-mouthed adjective (of a person) disfigured by a disproportionately large mouth; muckle wheel the large wheel of a spinning wheel.
b. pronoun & noun.
A great quantity or amount; much. OE.
Great or eminent people. Only in ME.
Size, stature; bigness. LME-E17.
a. A large sum or amount. Chiefly in many a little makes a muckle, many a pickle makes a muckle. L16.
b. (mickle.) [By confusion.] A small amount. Chiefly in many a mickle makes a muckle. L18.
Phrases: make muckle of make much of, cherish. so muckle: see SO adverb etc.
C. adverb. To a great extent or degree. OE.
muckleness noun greatness, largeness; size: ME.