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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Nick \Nick\ (n[i^]k), 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Nick \Nick\, 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Nick \Nick\, v. t. To nickname; to style. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me. --Ford. [1913 Webster] Nickar nut 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. [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] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: nick n 1: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: {dent}, {ding}, {gouge}, {nick}] 2: (British slang) a prison; "he's in the nick" 3: a small cut [syn: {notch}, {nick}, {snick}] v 1: cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek" [syn: {nick}, {snick}] 2: cut a nick into [syn: {nick}, {chip}] 3: divide or reset the tail muscles of; "nick horses" 4: mate successfully; of livestock From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: nick n. [IRC; very common] Short for nickname. On {IRC}, every user must pick a nick, which is sometimes the same as the user's real name or login name, but is often more fanciful. Compare {handle}, {screen name}.