| Nick (nick) |
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| n. | ((?)) |
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| Nick |
| [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.
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A notch cut into something
A particular point or place considered as
marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
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To make a nick or nicks in]
to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a
stick, tally, etc.
To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by
cutting nicks or notches in.
To suit or fit into, as by a
correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch
rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
To make a cross cut or cuts on the under
side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry it
higher).
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