michel lev yite (meshelleviit)

[Named after M. Michel Lévy, a French mineralogist.] A mineral having the composition of barite, barium sulphate, and probably that species, but believed by the describer to belong to the monoclinic system. It is found in a ma ive cleavable form occurring in a crystalline limestone near Per kins' Mill, Templet on, Province of Quebec, Canada. michert, n. [Also meecher, meacher; Chyld, be thou lyer nother no theffe; Be thou no mecher for myscheffe. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 401. Shall the ble ed sun of heaven prove a micher , and eat blackberries? Shak., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 450, micheryt (mich'er-i), n. [ micherie , mucherie , muchier , mucher , etc., hide, skulk: see michel .] Theft; pilfering; cheating. Shak ., R. and J., ii. 3. 15. O cruell Boy, alas, how mickle gall Thy baenfull shaft mingles thy Mell with all! Sylvester , tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Magnificence. There was never sae meikle siller clinked in his purse either before or since. Scott , Waverley, xviii. Let me laugh awhile, I've mickle time to grieve. Keats , Eve of St. Agnes, xiv. II. n. 11. Size; magnitude; bigne . A wonder wel-farynge knyght, Of good mochel , and ryght yonge therto. Chaucer , Death of Blanche, 1. 454. 2. A great deal; a large quantity: as, many littles make a mickle . micklet, v. t. [ mikelen , muclen, muclien, also a ibilated muchelen , lian , micclian , also gemiclian (= OHG. mihhilōn = Icel. mikla = Goth. mikiljan ), become great, make great, magnify, micel , great: see mickle , a. Cf. much , v.] To magnify.