Mick'le, a.

(mĭk'l), a. [Also muckle, mockle.] [A.-S. micel, mycel, mucel, O. Sax. mikil, Icel. mikill, Goth. mikils, O. H. Ger. mihil, mihhil, M. H. Ger. michel, Scot. mekyl, mykil, meikle, muckle, allied to Lat. magnus, Gr. μέγας, Skr. mahat. Cf. Much.] Much; great. [Obsolete, but retained in the Scottish language.] “A man of mickle might.” Spenser.