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▪ I. † miche, n.1 Obs.
[a. OF. miche, of obscure origin; it does not regularly represent L. mīca crumb.
The same word appears in MDu., MLG. micke (mod.Du. mik), but it is uncertain whether it was adopted from Du. into Fr. or vice versa.]
A loaf of bread.
c1290St. Brandan 296 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 227 Twelf ȝwite Miches [v.r. suche loues] men brynguth us. a1300Rel. Ant. II. 192 He sal sitte in helle flitte with-oute wyn and miche. c1400Rom. Rose 5585 He that hath miches tweyne,..Liveth more at ese,..Than [etc.]. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccclxvi. 598 The lorde of Verby sent hym wyne largely, and thretie myches therwith. c1640J. Smyth Lives Berkeleys (1883) I. 40 Fifty loafes called miches.
Hence † michekin, a little cake.
c1440Promp. Parv. 336/2 Mychekyne, pastilla.
▪ II. † miche, n.2 Naut. Obs.
Also 6 meche, 5–6 Sc. pl. mykkis.
[Cf. G. micke in the senses below; also Du. mik forked stick. Cf. Sc. dial. mitch, a support for a mast when lowered (E.D.D.).]
a. A forked shaft for a pump.
b. A wedge for sighting a cannon.
1495Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 157 Miches with a swivell a bolte & Ryng belongyng to the Ingyn to draw water owte of the seid dokke. Ibid. 194 Serpentynes of yron..yche of them with his miches & forloke of yron..Stone gonnes of yron..with miches & forlokkes to the same..Serpentynes of Brasse with his miche & forloke. Ibid. 261 Yron worke for xx of the seid gonnes that is to say xx miches xx boltes & xx forelokes. 1497Ibid. 209 Michies with a swevell a bolt & a ryng of yron belongyng to the Ingynne to draw water at the Dokke. 1496Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. (1877) I. 292 For mykkis and bandis to the gunnys. 1513Ibid. (1902) IV. 485. 1514 Lett. & Papers of Hen. VIII, I. 4968 (MS.) Every chamber having one meche and one forlock.
▪ III. miche, michel
obs. ff. much, mickle.
▪ IV. miche
see mitch v. |