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nicker


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nicker  \Nick"er\,  n.  [From  {Nick},  v.  t.] 
  1.  One  of  the  night  brawlers  of  London  formerly  noted  for 
  breaking  windows  with  half-pence.  [Cant]  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  2.  The  cutting  lip  which  projects  downward  at  the  edge  of  a 
  boring  bit  and  cuts  a  circular  groove  in  the  wood  to  limit 
  the  size  of  the  hole  that  is  bored. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nicker 
  v  :  characteristic  of  horses  [syn:  {neigh},  {whicker},  {whinny}] 




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