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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nicking  \Nick"ing\,  n.  [From  {Nick},  v.  t.]  (Coal  Mining) 
  a  The  cutting  made  by  the  hewer  at  the  side  of  the  face. 
  b  pl  Small  coal  produced  in  making  the  nicking. 




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