What is "to make nice of"

Nice \Nice\ (n[imac]s), a. [Compar. Nicer (n[imac]"s[~e]r); superl. Nicest.] [OE., foolish, fr. OF. nice ignorant, fool, fr. L. nescius ignorant; ne not + scius knowing, scire to know. Perhaps influenced by E. nesh delicate, soft. See No, and Science.]

1. Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate. [Obs.]
   --Gower.

   But say that we ben wise and nothing nice.
   --Chaucer.

2. Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial. [Obs.]

   The letter was not nice, but full of charge Of dear import.
   --Shak.

3. Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.

   Curious not knowing, not exact but nice.
   --Pope.

   And to taste Think not I shall be nice.
   --Milton.

4. Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.

   Dear love, continue nice and chaste.
   --Donne.

   A nice and subtile happiness.
   --Milton.

5. Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment. ``Our author happy in a judge so nice.''
   --Pope. ``Nice verbal criticism.''
   --Coleridge.

6. Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.

   The difference is too nice Where ends the virtue, or begins the vice.
   --Pope.

7. Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc. [Loosely & Colloquially]

8. Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person.

9. Hence: Well-mannered; well-behaved; as, nice children.

   He's making a list, checking it twice. Gonna find out who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town.
   --Song.

   To make nice of, to be scrupulous about. [Obs.]
   --Shak.

   Syn: Dainty; delicate; exquisite; fine; accurate; exact; correct; precise; particular; pleasant; kind; scrupulous; punctilious; fastidious; squeamish; finical; effeminate; silly; well-mannered; well-behaved.