nick-stickn.

Brit.

/ˈnɪkstɪk/, U.S.

/ˈnɪkˌstɪk/, Scottish English

/ˈnɪkstɪk/

Forms: see nick v.² and stick n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nick v.², stick n.¹

Etymology: < nick v.² + stick n.¹

Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern).

a. A stick on which notches are made for purposes of accounting or reckoning; a tally stick; (also) a tally, an account. Also in figurative context. to lose one's nick-stick: to lose count of time.

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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun] > arithmetical instrument > tally or reckoning stick

stick?c1430

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score1565

nick-stick1658

tally-stick1830

1658 R. Moray Let. 4 Apr. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1973) IV. 552/1 My last told you of a paceing instrument... It is one of the best necksticks you ever saw for a greive.

a1671 A. Balfour Lett. to Friend (1700) 86 Your Arms will wait for you, which they will know to be yours, by the delivery of a Nick-stick given You as you enter, and which for that purpose, You must carefully keep.

1695 in Trans. Antiq. Soc. Scotl. (1792) 1 558 You are to advert to keep an exact nickstick between you and the coalyier, of the number of deals of coals received in.

1761 Pitcalnie MSS in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 420/2 To one nick stick from Janry i 1760 [from a baker's account].

1829 W. Scott Antiquary (new ed.) I. xv. 205 (note) Each family had its own nick-stick, and for each loaf as delivered a notch was made on the stick.

1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet vi. 154 With her the baker required to keep no nickstick, the butcher no chalk-board.

1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 130 He's a bodie o the nick-stick kind.

1957 W. D. Parish & H. Hall Dict. Sussex Dial. 86/2 Nick-stick, a tally stick.

1974 S. Dobson Geordie Dict. 43 She has lost hor nick-stick is still an expression used when a person has lost her reckoning of time.

1983 W. L. Lorimer & R. L. C. Lorimer New Test. in Scots 1 Cor. xiii. 298 Luve keeps nae nickstick o the wrangs it drees.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 235/1 Lose her nick-stick, especially of a pregnant woman, literally lose her tally: be out of her reckoning in time.

†b. In extended use. Obsolete. rare.

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1872 W. M. Egglestone (title) The Weardale nick-stick, containing floods, thunderstorms, high Winds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nick-stick
释义	nick-stickn. Brit. /ˈnɪkstɪk/, U.S. /ˈnɪkˌstɪk/, Scottish English /ˈnɪkstɪk/ Forms: see nick v.² and stick n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nick v.², stick n.¹ Etymology: < nick v.² + stick n.¹ Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). a. A stick on which notches are made for purposes of accounting or reckoning; a tally stick; (also) a tally, an account. Also in figurative context. to lose one's nick-stick: to lose count of time. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun] > arithmetical instrument > tally or reckoning stick stick?c1430 tallyc1440 score1565 nick-stick1658 tally-stick1830 1658 R. Moray Let. 4 Apr. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1973) IV. 552/1 My last told you of a paceing instrument... It is one of the best necksticks you ever saw for a greive. a1671 A. Balfour Lett. to Friend (1700) 86 Your Arms will wait for you, which they will know to be yours, by the delivery of a Nick-stick given You as you enter, and which for that purpose, You must carefully keep. 1695 in Trans. Antiq. Soc. Scotl. (1792) 1 558 You are to advert to keep an exact nickstick between you and the coalyier, of the number of deals of coals received in. 1761 Pitcalnie MSS in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 420/2 To one nick stick from Janry i 1760 [from a baker's account]. 1829 W. Scott Antiquary (new ed.) I. xv. 205 (note) Each family had its own nick-stick, and for each loaf as delivered a notch was made on the stick. 1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet vi. 154 With her the baker required to keep no nickstick, the butcher no chalk-board. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 130 He's a bodie o the nick-stick kind. 1957 W. D. Parish & H. Hall Dict. Sussex Dial. 86/2 Nick-stick, a tally stick. 1974 S. Dobson Geordie Dict. 43 She has lost hor nick-stick is still an expression used when a person has lost her reckoning of time. 1983 W. L. Lorimer & R. L. C. Lorimer New Test. in Scots 1 Cor. xiii. 298 Luve keeps nae nickstick o the wrangs it drees. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 235/1 Lose her nick-stick, especially of a pregnant woman, literally lose her tally: be out of her reckoning in time. †b. In extended use. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1872 W. M. Egglestone (title) The Weardale nick-stick, containing floods, thunderstorms, high Winds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658
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