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mackle
English
Etymology
From the earlier form macle, from macule, which see for more.
Noun
mackle (plural mackles)
- Obsolete form of macule.
Verb
mackle (third-person singular simple present mackles, present participle mackling, simple past and past participle mackled)
- Obsolete form of macule.
References
- mackle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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muckle
English
Etymology
From Middle English mukel, muchel, from the same source as (perhaps a variant of) mickle, which see.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?k?l/
- Rhymes: -?k?l
Noun
muckle
- (chiefly Scotland) A great amount.
Derived terms
- many a mickle makes a muckle
Adjective
muckle (comparative more muckle, superlative most muckle)
- (archaic outside Northumbria and Scotland) Large, massive.
- c. 1930, George S. Morris, song A Pair o Nicky-tams:
- She clorts a muckle piece [sandwich] tae me, wi' different kinds o' jam,
An' tells me ilka nicht that she admires my Nicky Tams.
- She clorts a muckle piece [sandwich] tae me, wi' different kinds o' jam,
- c. 1930, George S. Morris, song A Pair o Nicky-tams:
- (archaic outside Northumbria and Scotland) Much.
Verb
muckle (third-person singular simple present muckles, present participle muckling, simple past and past participle muckled)
- (US, dialectal) To latch onto something with the mouth.
- (rare) To talk big; to exaggerate.
Synonyms
- (to talk big): mickle
References
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [4]
- muckle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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