7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nick  \Nick\,  n.  [AS.  nicor  a  marine  monster;  akin  to  D.  nikker  a 
  water  spite,  Icel.  nykr  ONG.  nihhus  a  crocodile,  G.  nix  a 
  water  sprite;  cf  Gr  ?  to  wash,  Skr.  nij.  Cf  {Nix}.] 
  (Northern  Myth.) 
  An  evil  spirit  of  the  waters. 
 
  {Old  Nick},  the  evil  one  the  devil.  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nick  \Nick\,  n.  [Akin  to  {Nock}.] 
  1.  A  notch  cut  into  something  as: 
  a  A  score  for  keeping  an  account;  a  reckoning.  [Obs.] 
  b  (Print.)  A  notch  cut  crosswise  in  the  shank  of  a  type 
  to  assist  a  compositor  in  placing  it  properly  in  the 
  stick,  and  in  distribution.  --W.  Savage. 
  c  A  broken  or  indented  place  in  any  edge  or  surface; 
  nicks  in  china. 
 
  2.  A  particular  point  or  place  considered  as  marked  by  a 
  nick;  the  exact  point  or  critical  moment. 
 
  To  cut  it  off  in  the  very  nick.  --Howell. 
 
  This  nick  of  time  is  the  critical  occasion  for  the 
  gainger  of  a  point.  --L'Estrange. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nick  \Nick\,  v.  t. 
  To  nickname;  to  style.  [Obs.] 
 
  For  Warbeck  as  you  nick  him  came  to  me  --Ford. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nick  \Nick\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Nicked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Nicking}.] 
  1.  To  make  a  nick  or  nicks  in  to  notch;  to  keep  count  of  or 
  upon  by  nicks;  as  to  nick  a  stick,  tally,  etc 
 
  2.  To  mar;  to  deface;  to  make  ragged,  as  by  cutting  nicks  or 
  notches  in 
 
  And  thence  proceed  to  nicking  sashes.  --Prior. 
 
  The  itch  of  his  affection  should  not  then  Have 
  nicked  his  captainship.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  suit  or  fit  into  as  by  a  correspondence  of  nicks;  to 
  tally  with 
 
  Words  nicking  and  resembling  one  another  are 
  applicable  to  different  significations.  --Camden. 
 
  4.  To  hit  at  or  in  the  nick;  to  touch  rightly;  to  strike  at 
  the  precise  point  or  time. 
 
  The  just  season  of  doing  things  must  be  nicked,  and 
  all  accidents  improved.  --L'Estrange. 
 
  5.  To  make  a  cross  cut  or  cuts  on  the  under  side  of  (the  tail 
  of  a  horse,  in  order  to  make  him  carry  ir  higher). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nick 
  n  1:  an  impression  in  a  surface  (as  made  by  a  blow)  [syn:  {dent}, 
  {gouge}] 
  2:  a  small  cut  [syn:  {notch},  {snick}] 
  v  1:  cut  slightly,  with  a  razor;  "The  barber's  knife  nicked  his 
  cheeck"  [syn:  {snick}] 
  2:  cut  a  nick  into  [syn:  {chip}] 
  3:  divide  or  reset  the  tail  muscles,  as  of  horses 
  4:  mate  successfully;  of  livestock 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  nick  n.  [IRC;  very  common]  Short  for  nickname.  On  {IRC}, 
  every  user  must  pick  a  nick,  which  is  sometimes  the  same  as  the  user's 
  real  name  or  login  name  but  is  often  more  fanciful.  Compare  {handle}, 
  {screen  name}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  nick 
 
  [IRC]  nickname.  On  {IRC},  every  user  must  pick  a  nick,  which 
  is  sometimes  the  user's  real  name  or  login  name  but  is  often 
  more  fanciful.  Compare  {handle}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
 

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