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{ or , n. A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc.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 ]

n. See Kinnikinic. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. See Picnic. [ 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 ]

n. (Zool.) A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat. [ obsolete ] This term is not found on the internet. It probably refers to the meerkat, also called suricate. [ 1913 Webster ]