"hantle" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "*antel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English *antel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "*antæl"
      },
      "expansion": "*antæl",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*antæl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *antæl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "*andtæl"
      },
      "expansion": "*andtæl",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "and-"
      },
      "expansion": "and-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tale",
        "3": "",
        "4": "number"
      },
      "expansion": "tale (“number”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "antal"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish antal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "antal",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a number, multitude"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish antal (“a number, multitude”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "aantal",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a number, a great many"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch aantal (“a number, a great many”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Anzahl",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a number, quantity, multitude"
      },
      "expansion": "German Anzahl (“a number, quantity, multitude”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "handfull",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handful"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English handfull (“handful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of obscure origin. Perhaps from Middle English *antel, *antæl, from Old English *antæl, *andtæl, equivalent to and- + tale (“number”); or more likely of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish antal, Danish antal (“a number, multitude”), Dutch aantal (“a number, a great many”), and German Anzahl (“a number, quantity, multitude”). The addition of initial h is believed to be due to influence from Middle English handfull (“handful”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hantles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hantle (plural hantles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 15",
          "text": "An Irish creature, Erbert Ellison was the name, ran the place for the trustees, he said, but if you might believe all the stories you heard he ran a hantle more silver into his own pouch than he ran into theirs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A considerable number or quantity; a great many; a great deal."
      ],
      "id": "en-hantle-en-noun-q8iWnpgd",
      "links": [
        [
          "considerable",
          "considerable"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "quantity",
          "quantity"
        ],
        [
          "many",
          "many"
        ],
        [
          "deal",
          "deal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland, northern UK) A considerable number or quantity; a great many; a great deal."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lot"
        },
        {
          "word": "hantel"
        },
        {
          "word": "hauntle"
        },
        {
          "word": "hontle"
        },
        {
          "word": "hancle"
        },
        {
          "word": "hankle"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Scotland"
          ],
          "word": "hantill"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Scotland",
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hantle"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "*antel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English *antel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "*antæl"
      },
      "expansion": "*antæl",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*antæl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *antæl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "*andtæl"
      },
      "expansion": "*andtæl",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "and-"
      },
      "expansion": "and-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tale",
        "3": "",
        "4": "number"
      },
      "expansion": "tale (“number”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "antal"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish antal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "antal",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a number, multitude"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish antal (“a number, multitude”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "aantal",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a number, a great many"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch aantal (“a number, a great many”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Anzahl",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a number, quantity, multitude"
      },
      "expansion": "German Anzahl (“a number, quantity, multitude”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "handfull",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handful"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English handfull (“handful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of obscure origin. Perhaps from Middle English *antel, *antæl, from Old English *antæl, *andtæl, equivalent to and- + tale (“number”); or more likely of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish antal, Danish antal (“a number, multitude”), Dutch aantal (“a number, a great many”), and German Anzahl (“a number, quantity, multitude”). The addition of initial h is believed to be due to influence from Middle English handfull (“handful”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hantles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hantle (plural hantles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 15",
          "text": "An Irish creature, Erbert Ellison was the name, ran the place for the trustees, he said, but if you might believe all the stories you heard he ran a hantle more silver into his own pouch than he ran into theirs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A considerable number or quantity; a great many; a great deal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "considerable",
          "considerable"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "quantity",
          "quantity"
        ],
        [
          "many",
          "many"
        ],
        [
          "deal",
          "deal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland, northern UK) A considerable number or quantity; a great many; a great deal."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Scotland",
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hantel"
    },
    {
      "word": "hauntle"
    },
    {
      "word": "hontle"
    },
    {
      "word": "hancle"
    },
    {
      "word": "hankle"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "hantill"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hantle"
}