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nicking |
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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