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Definition of Nick
Pronunciation: nĭkt | n. | 1. | (Northern Myth.) An evil spirit of the waters. | | 1. | (Print.) A notch cut into something | | 2. | A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; as, nicks in a china plate; a nick in the table top. | | 3. | A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. | | v. t. | 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; to create a nick{2} in, deliberately or accidentally; as, to nick the rim of a teacup. | | 3. | To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. | | 4. | To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. | | 5. | 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). | | 1. | To nickname; to style. |
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