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

{ } 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. 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 ]

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 ]