miche

American  

[mich] / mɪtʃ /

verb (used without object)

British Dialect.

miched, miching

1. to lurk out of sight.

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Other Word Forms

• micher
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of miche

1175–1225; Middle English mychen, michen < Old French muchier to hide

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

miche miching

What about my dreams, when I have this miche to feed?

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2023

I’m a huge fan of their miche and campagne, a traditional sourdough.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2016

I’m going to miche a bit.—Do it bleed?”

From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by W.B. Handforth

I found him trying to miche, and nipped him as he was skulking off.

From In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" by George Manville Fenn

For his theories and nostrums, they are oracular enough, but I either comprehend 'em not, or there is "miching malice" and mischief in 'em, but, for the most part, ringing with their own emptiness.

From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb

For his theories and nostrums they are oracular enough, but I either comprehend 'em not, or there is miching malice and mischief in 'em.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb

I sometimes think that many of the gentle and pure-souled people who read this amiable writer go on their way through his pages without discerning this quiver, this ripple, this vibration, of "miching mallecho."

From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by John Cowper Powys

Dr. Warburton, to justify his interpretation, must write, miching for malechor, and even then it will be harsh.

From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Arthur Sherbo

“Marry, this is miching mallecho; it means mischief.”

From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Eugene Manlove Rhodes

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