'Nicking' definitions:
Definition of 'Nicking'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Nicking'
From: GCIDE
- Nicking \Nick"ing\, 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]