mickle

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈmɪk(ə)l/

Noun

Scotland archaic countable uncountable obsolete

(archaic, chiefly Scotland) A great amount. / (archaic, Scotland, originally erroneous) A small amount. / (obsolete) Great or important people as a class. / (obsolete) Greatness, largeness, stature.

Japanese Meaning

莫大な量（古英語・スコットランドで『非常に多い量』として用いられる） / ごくわずかな量（古英語・スコットランドで『少ない量』としても用いられる） / 有力な人々、または著名な人々の階層（時代遅れの意味） / 偉大さや大きさ、規模（時代遅れの意味）

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There was a mickle of grain stored in the barn after the harvest.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

収穫後、納屋には大量の穀物が保管されていた。

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Sense（1）

(archaic, chiefly Scotland) A great amount.

Many a little makes a mickle.

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Sense（2）

(archaic, Scotland, originally erroneous) A small amount.

While we boast of our farming, we must repeat again and again, the secret of our prosperity. It is a regular rotation of crops, making a little out of many articles, rather than attempting to make much of one; remembering the Scotch proverb, that "many a mickle makes a muckle"; […]

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Sense（3）

(obsolete) Great or important people as a class.

Sense（4）

(obsolete) Greatness, largeness, stature.

mickles

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