micklenesst (miklnes)

[ and-ne .] Bigne ; great size. After this ther com apone thame thane a grete multitude of swyne, that ware alle of a wonderfulle mekilne e , with tuskes of a cubett lenthe. MS . Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 28. ( Hall i well .) micky (mik'i), n.; pl. mickies (-iz). [A dim. of Mike, a familiar abbreviation of Michael, a favorite name among Irish men, from that of St. Mi chael. Cf. Pat, Paddy, similarly derived from the name of St. Patrick.] 1. An Irish boy. [Slang, U. S.] -2. A young wild bull. [Australian.] There were two or three Mickies and wild heifers, who determined to have their owner's heart's blood. A. C. Grant, Bush-life in Queensland, L. 227. mico (mē'kō), n. [S. Amer.] 1. A small squirrel-like monkey of South America, one of the marmosets or oustitis, of the genus Hapale or micro Jacchus. H. argent at us is white, with black tail and flesh-colored face and hands.-2. [ cap.] A genus of marmosets based on this species. Miconia (mi-kō'ni-ä), n. [NL. (Ruiz and Pavon, 1798), named after D. Micon, a Spanish botanist.] A large genus of South American plants of the natural order Melas to maceæ and type of the tribe Miconica. It is characterized by terminal inflorescence, 4- or 8-parted flowers with obtuse petals, and a calyx which has a cylindrical tube and usually a 4- to 8-lobed limb. They are trees or shrubs, with very variable foliage, and white, rose-colored, purple, or yellowish flowers, which are small, and grow in terminal or very rarely lateral clusters. About 490 species have been enumerated, all confined to tropical America. Quite a number are cultivated for ornament. They sometimes receive the name of West Indian currant- bush. Miconieæ (mi-kō-ni'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (A. P. de Candolle, 1828), micostalis (mī-kos-tā'lis), n.; pl. micos tales (-lez). [NL. (Wilder and Gage), man teres minor. very small male plants.