Crossword clues for nicking
nicking
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nick \Nick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nicked (n[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Nicking.]
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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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.
And thence proceed to nicking sashes.
--Prior.The itch of his affection should not then Have nicked his captainship.
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To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
Words nicking and resembling one another are applicable to different significations.
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To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
The just season of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved.
--L'Estrange. 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).
Nicking \Nick"ing\, n. [From Nick, v. t.] (Coal Mining)
The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
pl. Small coal produced in making the nicking.
Wiktionary
n. (context mining English) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face. vb. (present participle of nick English)
Usage examples of "nicking".
A curved sword swooshed past the side of her head, nicking her ear, and the rider went past.
He came with a measured combination, sword, dagger, and dagger again, the last thrust painfully nicking the barbarian's hip.
You think we need the nicking clinic, with footage of you putting a severed head in a hotel freezer.
He came with a measured combination, sword, dagger, and dagger again, the last thrust painfully nicking the barbarian’s hip.
There was that anonymous citizen who had fired a shot through the doorway of my stash, missing me and nicking Dave Donaldson.
I might learn if he was the one who had picked up my roscoe on the amusement pier, later trying to plug me with it but nicking Donaldson instead.