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n. (Min.) Niccolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.), an American breed of chicken having barred gray plumage raised for meat and brown eggs.
Syn. -- Dominique. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ or , n. A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland. [ Formerly written also darnex, dornic, dorneck, etc. ] Halliwell. Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Ure says that dornock, a kind of stout figured linen, derives its name from a town in Scotland where it was first manufactured for tablecloths. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. } Finical; unduly particular; excessively demanding over minor details. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Kinnikinic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. knikker. ] A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing. [ Prov. Eng. & U. S. ] Halliwell. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A linsey-woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women's dresses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ capitalized ] prop. n. [ From Diedrich KNickerbocker, the fictional author of The History of New York, in fact written by Washington Irving. ] A descendent of the early Dutch colonists of the New York City area; -- used mostly as a nickname for an inhabitant of New York state or especially New York City. [ PJC ]

n. pl. The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes; called also knickers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. 1. The name for a style of loose-fitting short trousers, gathered in and ending at the knees; smallclothes; called also knickerbockers.
Syn. -- breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Underpants, especially of women; panties. [ British ]
Syn. -- bloomers, pants, drawers. [ PJC + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Knack. ] A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw; a tchotchke. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A collection of knickknacks. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Knickknacks. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G. See Copper, and Nickel. ] (Min.) Copper-nickel; niccolite. See Niccolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The name of a person, especially an alias or a nickname. [ slang ]
Syn. -- nickname, alias, sobriquet, cognomen. [ PJC ]

n. [ 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. ni`ptein to wash, Skr. nij. Cf. Nix. ] (Northern Myth.) An evil spirit of the waters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old Nick, the evil one; the devil. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Akin to Nock. ] 1. A notch cut into something; as: (a) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning. [ Obs. ] (b) (Print.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution. W. Savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; as, nicks in a china plate; a nick in the table top. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cut it off in the very nick. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

This nick of time is the critical occasion for the gaining of a point. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

And thence proceed to nicking sashes. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

The itch of his affection should not then
Have nicked his captainship. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Words nicking and resembling one another are applicable to different significations. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. [ 1913 Webster ]

The just season of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

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). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To nickname; to style. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ . (Bot.) Same as Nicker nut, Nicker tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G., fr. Sw. nickel, abbrev. from Sw. kopparnickel copper-nickel, a name given in derision, as it was thought to be a base ore of copper. The origin of the second part of the word is uncertain. Cf. Kupfer-nickel, Copper-nickel. ] 1. (Chem.) A bright silver-white metallic element of atomic number 28. It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.70. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ On account of its permanence in air and inertness to oxidation, it is used in the smaller coins, for plating iron, brass, etc., for chemical apparatus, and in certain alloys, as german silver. It is magnetic, and is very frequently accompanied by cobalt, both being found in meteoric iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Nickel silver, an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; -- usually called german silver; called also argentan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Trivial; unimportant; petty; as, nickel-and-dime criticisms. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

2. Involving only small amounts of money; small-time; as, a nickel-and-dime business operation. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. nickel-and-dimed or nickeled-and-dimed p. pr. & vb. n. nickel-and-diming or nickeling-and-diming. ] 1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to insist on minor concessions in a negotiation. [ PJC ]

2. To weaken or impair gradually or by small steps; as, to be nickel-and-dimed into bankruptcy by the operating overhead. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically, designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the nickelous compounds, the metal has a higher valence; as nickelic oxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Nickel + -ferous. ] Containing nickel; as, nickelferous iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Chem.) An alloy of nickel, a variety of German silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Niccolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Nickel + odeon. ] 1. A place of entertainment, as for moving picture exhibition, charging a fee or admission price of five cents. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An early version of a jukebox that was operated by insertion of a nickel{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

3. (capitalized) The name of a Cable Television channel, specializing in programs for children. [ Trademark ] [ PJC ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel in which, as contrasted with the nickelic compounds, the metal has a lower valence; as, nickelous oxide. Frankland. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A kind of cast steel containing nickel, which greatly increases its strength. It is used for armor plate, bicycle tubing, propeller shafts, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Nick, v. t. ] 1. One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence. [ Cant ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. Caesalpinia Bonduc has yellowish seeds; Caesalpinia Bonducella, bluish gray. [ Spelt also neckar nut, nickar nut. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The plant producing nicker nuts. [ Written also neckar tree and nickar tree. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nicker pecker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Knickknack. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Knickknackery. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nicknamed p. pr. & vb. n. Nicknaming. ] To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname. [ 1913 Webster ]

You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. ekename surname, hence, a nickname, an ekename being understood as a nekename, influenced also by E. nick, v. See Eke, and Name. ] A name given in affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation; as, Nicholas's nickname is Nick. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adj. Same as panic-stricken; as, the travellers became panicky as the snow deepened.
Syn. -- panic-stricken, panic-struck, petrified, terrified, frightened. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. Finical or fussy; full of petty details. [ Colloq. ]
Syn. -- finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, painstaking, persnickety, punctilious. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 + PJC ]

a. 1. Finicky or fussy; demanding excessive attention to petty details or niceties; unduly particular; fastidious; -- of people. [ Colloq. ]
Syn. -- finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, painstaking, pernickety, pernicketty, punctilious. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. Snobbish; behaving aloofly. [ Colloq. ]
Syn. -- pernickety, pernicketty. [ PJC ]

n. See Picnic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who takes part in a picnic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. ] A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. E. snick a notch; cf. Icel. snikka nick, cut. ] 1. A small cut or mark. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cricket) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Fiber) A knot or irregularity in yarn. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Furriery) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snick and snee [ cf. D. snee, snede, a cut ], a combat with knives. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snicked p. pr. & vb. n. Snicking. ] 1. To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting. H. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cricket) To hit (a ball) lightly. R. A. Proctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. t. See Sneck. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Snick up, shut up; silenced. See Sneck up, under Sneck. [ 1913 Webster ] Give him money, George, and let him go snick up. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Snickered p. pr. & vb. n. Snickering. ] [ Cf. D. snikken to sob, to sigh. ] [ Written also snigger. ] 1. To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter. [ 1913 Webster ]