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Define the word muckle

"muckle" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Mickle \Mic"kle\ (m[i^]k"k'l), a. [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.
   [1913 Webster]

"Muckle" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Muckle \Muc"kle\ (m[u^]k"k'l), a. [See Mickle.]
   Much. [Obs.]
   [1913 Webster]

"muckle" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

muckle
     n : (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,
          mickle, mint, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]