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What is the difference between lot and muckle?

lot | muckle |

Muckle is a synonym of lot.



As nouns the difference between lot and muckle

is that lot is a large quantity or number; a great deal while muckle is a great amount.

As verbs the difference between lot and muckle

is that lot is to allot; to sort; to apportion while muckle is to latch onto something with the mouth.

As a proper noun Lot

is a nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran.

As an adjective muckle is

large, massive.

lot

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large quantity or number; a great deal.
  • * W. Black
  • He wrote to her he might be detained in London by a lot of business.
  • * , chapter=3
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}
  • A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
  • One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
  • (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
  • A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
  • * Kent
  • The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of New York.
  • That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
  • * Spenser
  • But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay.
  • Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xvi. 33
  • The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
  • * Shakespeare
  • If we draw lots , he speeds.
  • The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
  • * Milton
  • O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's / Enough to bear.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • He was but born to try / The lot of man — to suffer and to die.
  • *
  • as Jones alone was discovered, the poor lad bore not only the whole smart, but the whole blame; both which fell again to his lot on the following occasion.
  • A prize in a lottery.
  • (Evelyn)
  • Allotment; lottery.
  • * 1990 : (Donald Kagan), Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy , chapter 2: “Politician”, page 40 (Guild Publishing; 2239)
  • The Greeks expected their leaders to show physical courage, whether in the athletic arena or in battle, as well as piety, generosity, and nobility. Cimon had risen to power chiefly because of his military prowess, and any rival must be able to show at least honorable service and military competence. By this time, moreover, the generals were coming to be the most important political figures in Athens. Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot . Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit.
  • All members of a set; everything.
  • The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot .
  • An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
  • Synonyms

    * (large quantity or number) load, mass, pile * (number of things taken collectively) batch, collection, group, set * crowd, gang, group * (distinct portion or plot of land) allotment, parcel, plot * (that which happens without human design or forethought) destiny, fate, fortune * (anything used in determining a question by chance) * (fate that falls to one by chance) * (prize in a lottery) prize * See also

    Derived terms

    * a lot

    Verb

  • (dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
  • (US, informal, dated) To count]] or [[reckon on, reckon (on'' or ''upon ).
  • Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words ----

    muckle

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chiefly, Scotland) A great amount.
  • Derived terms

    * many a mickle makes a muckle

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic, outside, Northumbria, and, Scotland) Large, massive.
  • * , 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.
  • (archaic, outside, Northumbria, and, Scotland) Much.
  • Verb

    (muckl)
  • (US, dialectal) To latch onto something with the mouth.
  • * {{quote-book, 1954, Elizabeth Ogilvie, The Dawning of the Day citation
  • , passage= And how'd she get such a holt on you, Terence Campion, let alone the way she's muckled onto those Bennetts?}}
  • * {{quote-book, 2002, William G. Wilkoff, The Maternity Leave Breastfeeding Plan, isbn=0743213459 citation
  • , passage=Another technique for the baby who is having trouble muckling on involves a breast or nipple shield.}}
  • * {{quote-book, 2004, William J. Vande Kopple, The Catch: Families, Fishing, and Faith, page=18, isbn=0802826776 citation
  • , passage=When an exhausted sucker is hauled to the top of The Wall, usually its muckling circle of a mouth goes into a frenzied sucking spasm.}}
  • (rare) To talk big; to exaggerate.
  • * {{quote-book, 1896, , The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan, year_published=1941
  • , passage=I told him all, / Both bad and good; / I bade him call — / He said he would: / I added much — the more I muckled , / The more that chuckling chummy chuckled! }}

    Synonyms

    * (to talk big) mickle

    References

    * * * Geordie English