Nicked

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nick \Nick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nicked} (n[i^]kt); 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.
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     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.
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              And thence proceed to nicking sashes. --Prior.
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              The itch of his affection should not then
              Have nicked his captainship.          --Shak.
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     3. To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to
        tally with.
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              Words nicking and resembling one another are
              applicable to different significations. --Camden.
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     4. To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at
        the precise point or time.
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              The just season of doing things must be nicked, and
              all accidents improved.               --L'Estrange.
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     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).
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "nicked":
     battlemented, chopped, crenate, crenated, crenellated, crenulate,
     dentate, dentated, embrasured, erose, gashed, incised, indented,
     jagged, jaggy, lacerate, lacerated, notched, saw-toothed, sawlike,
     scalloped, scored, serrate, serrated, serrulated, toothed