nickingn.²

Brit.

/ˈnɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnɪkɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s nyckyng, 1600s– nicking, 1800s nicken (English regional (northern)).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nick v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < nick v.² + -ing suffix¹.In Compounds 2 the sense development is not clear.

a. gen. The action of making a nick or notch. Also: the formation of nicks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making or becoming notched

nicking1551

notching1599

gappinga1684

notch1844

1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. B vij^v The milky humour, that commeth out of y^e herbe, by scotching or nyckyng.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Creneure, a iagging, nicking, notching.

1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch xxiii. 352 Baking, and brewing—nicking of geese's craigs—hacking the necks of dead chickens.

1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 72/1 The method of cutting this stone into sizes is by what the quarrymen call ‘nicking’. A line is drawn across the stone with a chisel [etc.].

1903 Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2205. 848 The ‘nicking’ of the stricture was followed by a large enema.

1936 E. A. Atkins & A. G. Walker Electr. Arc & Oxy-acetylene Welding (ed. 3) iv. 34 Great care should be taken that the plate is not thinned..at the edge of the filling, as this may bring about nicking and cause considerable weakening of the plate.

1949 Science 12 Aug. 157/2 Handling of threaded articles..occasionally results in the burring and nicking of threads.

1959 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 28 406 Distinctive nicking, often of both wings, of caddis flies..suggests attack by birds when at rest.

b. The action of making an incision at the root of a horse's tail (see nick v.² 4).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > docking or nicking

curtailing1586

nicking1753

horse-docking1895

1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery xliii. 309 Before we describe the operation of Nicking, it may be necessary to inquire how the effect of it..is brought about.

1815 Sporting Mag. 46 115 His condemnation of cropping and nicking.

1896 Daily News 14 Feb. 5/3 Nicking is a process supplemental to what is known as ‘docking’.

1986 Stone's Justices' Man. (ed. 118) I. 742 Save as hereinafter provided, the docking..or nicking..of horses..is prohibited.

c. A notched or grooved appearance; nicks collectively.Also (Mining) (see quot. 1881).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making or becoming notched > a notch

nick?a1450

gap1530

notch1555

natch1570

notching1640

nitch1726

snick1775

nicking1844

jog1845

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1277 The nicking should extend all the way from the shoulder-top to the tail.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 159 Nicking, Newc., the cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face. Nickings is the small coal produced in making the nicking.

1898 H. G. Hutchinson Golf (ed. 6) 69 The first gutta-percha balls were made smooth, without any of the ‘nicking’ which we now see upon them.

1988 Organbuilder May 27/1 Cut-ups had been left alone and apart from some apparent attempt at erasing the nicking the worst that had happened was [etc.].

d. A method of pruning in which an incision is made below the base of a bud in order to curb its growth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > other types of pruning

frondation1664

snag-pruning1823

spurring-in1829

spur pruning1842

spurring1844

notching1898

nicking1949

1949 C. R. Thompson Pruning of Apples & Pears ii. 53 The top bud should be prevented from growing vigorously by making a knife incision at its base, a treatment referred to as ‘nicking’.

1972 G. E. Brown Pruning of Trees ii. 24 Nicking is carried out below selected buds in order to reduce their vigour.

e. Biochemistry. The action or process of breaking a bond between two adjacent units of a biological polymer (esp. one strand of a DNA molecule); an instance of this. Cf. nick v.² 2d.

ΚΠ

1967 Jrnl. Virol. 1 758 Since nicking can be inhibited by chloramphenicol, the responsible enzyme is not of host origin.

1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) iii. 316 The haemagglutinin protein is enzymatically ‘nicked’ during viral maturation into two chains..(the ‘nicking’ is essential to viral infectivity).

1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 2919/2 Nicking of covalently closed, circular chromatin with topoisomerases and subsequent deproteinization showed that the number of superhelical turns in the deproteinized DNA corresponds roughly to [etc.].

†2. The practice of fraudulently reducing the capacity of a tankard (see nick v.² 3). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > fraudulent measure > practice of providing

nicking1628

long pull1683

1628 Robin Goodfellow (1841) 29 There was a tapster, that with his pots smalnesse..had got a good summe of money together. This nicking of the pots he would never leave.

c1636 London Chanticleers v The slight of nicking and frothing he scornes as too common.

†3.

a. Exact correspondence or matching (see nick v.² 9b, 10). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun]

buffetingc1240

dintc1330

smitingc1330

dentinga1398

wapping1398

strikingc1400

swippingc1420

dinginga1425

bobbing1526

swappingc1540

nicking1668

hitting1687

biffing1915

1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 58 This nicking of him who spoke before both in sound and measure, is so great an happiness.

1687 A. Lovell tr. C. de Bergerac Comical Hist. 4 Because of the nicking of the time so patly.

b. The striking of one object against another. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1899 Notes & Queries 11 Mar. 185/1 There was ‘nicking’, when one player's button touched another after rebounding from the wall when ‘banged’.

4. Chiefly British colloquial. The action of taking or stealing something, or of arresting someone (see nick v.² 15). Also occasionally as a count noun: an arrest.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun]

attachmenta1325

arresting1424

arrest1440

arrestment1474

restc1500

attach1508

attaching1515

deprehension1527

prehension1534

apprehending1563

apprehension1577

cog-shoulder1604

caption1609

deprension1654

nap1655

arrestation1792

body-snatching1840

shoulder-tap1842

collar1865

fall1883

nicking1883

cop1886

pinch1900

pickup1908

1883 Catholic World June 413 Simple larceny, a crime..which they regard as no crime at all, ‘nicking’ being their chief source of livelihood.

1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard i. 28 Even on leave he looked for possible nickings.

1990 A. Leonard Gate-crashing Dream Party (BNC) But where did he get the fivers? No use even putting the question. Anyway, I knew he was pretty good at nicking.

Compounds

C1.

† nicking engine n. Obsolete

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > machine for cutting screw-threads > tool for cutting nick in screw-head

nicking engine1831

nicking-file1875

nicking tool1875

nicking sawa1884

1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 205 The pacha of Egypt obtained from this country..six nicking, and six cutting engines.

† nicking-file n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > machine for cutting screw-threads > tool for cutting nick in screw-head

nicking engine1831

nicking-file1875

nicking tool1875

nicking sawa1884

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1526/2 Nicking-file, a thin file for making nicks in heads of screws.

† nicking knife n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > docking or nicking > nicking instrument

nicking machine1753

nicking knife1816

1816 List of Mr. Long's Vet. Instruments (advt.) in D. P. Blaine Outl. Vet. Art (ed. 2) 665 Nicking knives, with Lines and brass Pullies.

† nicking machine n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > docking or nicking > nicking instrument

nicking machine1753

nicking knife1816

1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery App. 331 (heading) Directions for the Application of the Nicking Machine.

1851 H. Martineau in Househ. Words 1 Nov. 141/1 The next thing is to ‘nick’ the head [of the screws]. This..used to be done by working the ‘nicking’ machine with treadles.

nicking process n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > [noun] > nicknaming > forming a nickname

nicking process1875

1875 M. A. Lower Eng. Surnames (ed. 4) II. App. 176 A Christian name unsusceptible of the nicking or abbreviating process.

1983 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80 3595/1 The discovery of plasmid DNA-protein relaxation complexes has facilitated the discovery of the nicking process in other plasmids.

† nicking saw n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > machine for cutting screw-threads > tool for cutting nick in screw-head

nicking engine1831

nicking-file1875

nicking tool1875

nicking sawa1884

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 634/2 Nicking Saw, a small circular saw, used in nicking screw-heads, etc.

† nicking tool n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > machine for cutting screw-threads > tool for cutting nick in screw-head

nicking engine1831

nicking-file1875

nicking tool1875

nicking sawa1884

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2067/2 The blank..is presented to the shaving-tool, and then..fed to the nicking-tool.

C2. Designating equipment used in the washing and sorting of ores.

† nicking-board n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 751 Alongside of this channel there is a slightly inclined plank, called nicking board.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1526/2 A trough..discharges a gentle sheet of water over a nicking-board, which..gradually washes off the slimes.

† nicking-buddle n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 751 The nicking buddle is analogous to the tables called dormantes or jumelles by the French miners.

† nicking-trunk n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1526/2 Nicking-trunk,..a tub in which metalliferous slimes are washed.

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

nickingadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnɪkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nick v.², -ing suffix².

Etymology: < nick v.² + -ing suffix².

Now rare.

That nicks (in various senses of the verb).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adjective]

chisa700

estfula1000

esquaymous1303

squeamousc1325

overnicec1350

curiousc1380

dangerousc1386

delicatea1393

preciousc1395

nicec1400

skigc1400

over-delicatea1425

daintethc1430

ticklec1456

quaint1483

dauncha1500

pickinga1500

feat?1529

elegant?1533

queasy1545

fine1546

fine-fingered1549

fastidious?1555

fine-mouthed1559

chary1567

weamish1571

saucy1573

dainty1576

superfine1576

niced1577

overcurious1579

nicing1581

fineish1582

prick-me-dainty1583

daint1590

finical1592

tiptoe-nice1593

nice1594

nicking1598

choice1601

squeamish1608

marchpane1609

hypercritical1611

particular1616

finicking1661

overcritical1667

just so1696

penurious1703

fal-lal1747

ogertful1754

nackety1756

quiddling1789

pernickety1808

pershittie1808

taffety1814

hypercritic1820

faddy1824

finicky1825

meticulous1827

daintified1834

squeamy1838

picksome1855

choosey1862

picky1867

hyperaesthetic1879

persnickety1885

précieux1891

perskeet1897

tasty1905

Nice Nelly1922

perfectionist1942

snicketya1960

perfectionistic1968

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > apt or apposite

happya1400

germanea1525

conferent?1541

well-applieda1586

nicking1598

apt1600

punctual1609

apposite1621

collineant1638

pat1647

apropos1691

felicitous1789

treffend1850

bang on1936

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [adjective] > types of evidence

corroborative1655

probative1678

nickinga1734

justifiable1755

onerative1827

corroboratory1883

sprung1966

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. ix. sig. G8 O what a tricksie lerned nicking straine Is this applauded, sencles, modern vain.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 208 The same Authour in another place..hath these nicking Hexameters.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge To Rdr. Perhaps if we slip this tide, we shall never come again at such a nicking one.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §40. 250 It might have proved a nicking Evidence against him.

1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. v. 103 A skirting, nicking, Macadamizing old screw.

1967 Jrnl. Virol. 1 770/1 The nicking enzyme is not of host origin, but is a phage-coded enzyme.

1985 D. Smith Field Music in Roundhouse Voices 170 In a nicking April wind, small criers huddled in weeds spring up surprised when I go from my road to theirs.

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

单词	nicking
释义	† nickingn.¹ Forms: Middle English nyckyng. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: inkling n. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a transmission error for nyngkiling (see quot. a1500), variant (with metanalysis: see N n.) of inkling n. Perhaps compare nick n.¹, nick v.² Obsolete. rare. = inkling n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] speechc1000 wordOE hearinga1300 opinion1340 talesa1375 famea1387 inklinga1400 slandera1400 noising1422 rumour?a1425 bruit1477 nickinga1500 commoninga1513 roarc1520 murmura1522 hearsay?1533 cry1569 scandal1596 vogue1626 discourse1677 sough1716 circulation1775 gossip1811 myth1849 breeze1879 sound1899 potin1922 dirt1926 rumble1929 skinny1938 labrish1942 lie and story1950 scam1964 he-say-she-say1972 factoid1973 ripple1977 goss1985 a1500 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Trin. Dublin) 2968 (MED) Þis gouernour of grece..Harde a nyckyng [c1450 Ashm. nyngkiling] of hys name, & natys hym to ryse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). nickingn.² Brit. /ˈnɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɪkɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s nyckyng, 1600s– nicking, 1800s nicken (English regional (northern)). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nick v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < nick v.² + -ing suffix¹.In Compounds 2 the sense development is not clear. 1. a. gen. The action of making a nick or notch. Also: the formation of nicks. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making or becoming notched nicking1551 notching1599 gappinga1684 notch1844 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. B vij^v The milky humour, that commeth out of y^e herbe, by scotching or nyckyng. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Creneure, a iagging, nicking, notching. 1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch xxiii. 352 Baking, and brewing—nicking of geese's craigs—hacking the necks of dead chickens. 1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 72/1 The method of cutting this stone into sizes is by what the quarrymen call ‘nicking’. A line is drawn across the stone with a chisel [etc.]. 1903 Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2205. 848 The ‘nicking’ of the stricture was followed by a large enema. 1936 E. A. Atkins & A. G. Walker Electr. Arc & Oxy-acetylene Welding (ed. 3) iv. 34 Great care should be taken that the plate is not thinned..at the edge of the filling, as this may bring about nicking and cause considerable weakening of the plate. 1949 Science 12 Aug. 157/2 Handling of threaded articles..occasionally results in the burring and nicking of threads. 1959 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 28 406 Distinctive nicking, often of both wings, of caddis flies..suggests attack by birds when at rest. b. The action of making an incision at the root of a horse's tail (see nick v.² 4). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > docking or nicking curtailing1586 nicking1753 horse-docking1895 1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery xliii. 309 Before we describe the operation of Nicking, it may be necessary to inquire how the effect of it..is brought about. 1815 Sporting Mag. 46 115 His condemnation of cropping and nicking. 1896 Daily News 14 Feb. 5/3 Nicking is a process supplemental to what is known as ‘docking’. 1986 Stone's Justices' Man. (ed. 118) I. 742 Save as hereinafter provided, the docking..or nicking..of horses..is prohibited. c. A notched or grooved appearance; nicks collectively.Also (Mining) (see quot. 1881). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making or becoming notched > a notch nick?a1450 gap1530 notch1555 natch1570 notching1640 nitch1726 snick1775 nicking1844 jog1845 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1277 The nicking should extend all the way from the shoulder-top to the tail. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 159 Nicking, Newc., the cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face. Nickings is the small coal produced in making the nicking. 1898 H. G. Hutchinson Golf (ed. 6) 69 The first gutta-percha balls were made smooth, without any of the ‘nicking’ which we now see upon them. 1988 Organbuilder May 27/1 Cut-ups had been left alone and apart from some apparent attempt at erasing the nicking the worst that had happened was [etc.]. d. A method of pruning in which an incision is made below the base of a bud in order to curb its growth. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > other types of pruning frondation1664 snag-pruning1823 spurring-in1829 spur pruning1842 spurring1844 notching1898 nicking1949 1949 C. R. Thompson Pruning of Apples & Pears ii. 53 The top bud should be prevented from growing vigorously by making a knife incision at its base, a treatment referred to as ‘nicking’. 1972 G. E. Brown Pruning of Trees ii. 24 Nicking is carried out below selected buds in order to reduce their vigour. e. Biochemistry. The action or process of breaking a bond between two adjacent units of a biological polymer (esp. one strand of a DNA molecule); an instance of this. Cf. nick v.² 2d. ΚΠ 1967 Jrnl. Virol. 1 758 Since nicking can be inhibited by chloramphenicol, the responsible enzyme is not of host origin. 1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) iii. 316 The haemagglutinin protein is enzymatically ‘nicked’ during viral maturation into two chains..(the ‘nicking’ is essential to viral infectivity). 1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 2919/2 Nicking of covalently closed, circular chromatin with topoisomerases and subsequent deproteinization showed that the number of superhelical turns in the deproteinized DNA corresponds roughly to [etc.]. †2. The practice of fraudulently reducing the capacity of a tankard (see nick v.² 3). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > fraudulent measure > practice of providing nicking1628 long pull1683 1628 Robin Goodfellow (1841) 29 There was a tapster, that with his pots smalnesse..had got a good summe of money together. This nicking of the pots he would never leave. c1636 London Chanticleers v The slight of nicking and frothing he scornes as too common. †3. a. Exact correspondence or matching (see nick v.² 9b, 10). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] buffetingc1240 dintc1330 smitingc1330 dentinga1398 wapping1398 strikingc1400 swippingc1420 dinginga1425 bobbing1526 swappingc1540 nicking1668 hitting1687 biffing1915 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 58 This nicking of him who spoke before both in sound and measure, is so great an happiness. 1687 A. Lovell tr. C. de Bergerac Comical Hist. 4 Because of the nicking of the time so patly. b. The striking of one object against another. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1899 Notes & Queries 11 Mar. 185/1 There was ‘nicking’, when one player's button touched another after rebounding from the wall when ‘banged’. 4. Chiefly British colloquial. The action of taking or stealing something, or of arresting someone (see nick v.² 15). Also occasionally as a count noun: an arrest. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] attachmenta1325 arresting1424 arrest1440 arrestment1474 restc1500 attach1508 attaching1515 deprehension1527 prehension1534 apprehending1563 apprehension1577 cog-shoulder1604 caption1609 deprension1654 nap1655 arrestation1792 body-snatching1840 shoulder-tap1842 collar1865 fall1883 nicking1883 cop1886 pinch1900 pickup1908 1883 Catholic World June 413 Simple larceny, a crime..which they regard as no crime at all, ‘nicking’ being their chief source of livelihood. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard i. 28 Even on leave he looked for possible nickings. 1990 A. Leonard Gate-crashing Dream Party (BNC) But where did he get the fivers? No use even putting the question. Anyway, I knew he was pretty good at nicking. Compounds C1. † nicking engine n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > machine for cutting screw-threads > tool for cutting nick in screw-head nicking engine1831 nicking-file1875 nicking tool1875 nicking sawa1884 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 205 The pacha of Egypt obtained from this country..six nicking, and six cutting engines. † nicking-file n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > machine for cutting screw-threads > tool for cutting nick in screw-head nicking engine1831 nicking-file1875 nicking tool1875 nicking sawa1884 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1526/2 Nicking-file, a thin file for making nicks in heads of screws. † nicking knife n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > docking or nicking > nicking instrument nicking machine1753 nicking knife1816 1816 List of Mr. Long's Vet. Instruments (advt.) in D. P. Blaine Outl. Vet. Art (ed. 2) 665 Nicking knives, with Lines and brass Pullies. † nicking machine n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > docking or nicking > nicking instrument nicking machine1753 nicking knife1816 1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery App. 331 (heading) Directions for the Application of the Nicking Machine. 1851 H. Martineau in Househ. Words 1 Nov. 141/1 The next thing is to ‘nick’ the head [of the screws]. This..used to be done by working the ‘nicking’ machine with treadles. nicking process n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [noun] > nicknaming > forming a nickname nicking process1875 1875 M. A. Lower Eng. Surnames (ed. 4) II. App. 176 A Christian name unsusceptible of the nicking or abbreviating process. 1983 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80 3595/1 The discovery of plasmid DNA-protein relaxation complexes has facilitated the discovery of the nicking process in other plasmids. † nicking saw n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > machine for cutting screw-threads > tool for cutting nick in screw-head nicking engine1831 nicking-file1875 nicking tool1875 nicking sawa1884 a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 634/2 Nicking Saw, a small circular saw, used in nicking screw-heads, etc. † nicking tool n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > machine for cutting screw-threads > tool for cutting nick in screw-head nicking engine1831 nicking-file1875 nicking tool1875 nicking sawa1884 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2067/2 The blank..is presented to the shaving-tool, and then..fed to the nicking-tool. C2. Designating equipment used in the washing and sorting of ores. † nicking-board n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 751 Alongside of this channel there is a slightly inclined plank, called nicking board. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1526/2 A trough..discharges a gentle sheet of water over a nicking-board, which..gradually washes off the slimes. † nicking-buddle n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 751 The nicking buddle is analogous to the tables called dormantes or jumelles by the French miners. † nicking-trunk n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1526/2 Nicking-trunk,..a tub in which metalliferous slimes are washed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nickingadj. Brit. /ˈnɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɪkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nick v.², -ing suffix². Etymology: < nick v.² + -ing suffix². Now rare. That nicks (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adjective] chisa700 estfula1000 esquaymous1303 squeamousc1325 overnicec1350 curiousc1380 dangerousc1386 delicatea1393 preciousc1395 nicec1400 skigc1400 over-delicatea1425 daintethc1430 ticklec1456 quaint1483 dauncha1500 pickinga1500 feat?1529 elegant?1533 queasy1545 fine1546 fine-fingered1549 fastidious?1555 fine-mouthed1559 chary1567 weamish1571 saucy1573 dainty1576 superfine1576 niced1577 overcurious1579 nicing1581 fineish1582 prick-me-dainty1583 daint1590 finical1592 tiptoe-nice1593 nice1594 nicking1598 choice1601 squeamish1608 marchpane1609 hypercritical1611 particular1616 finicking1661 overcritical1667 just so1696 penurious1703 fal-lal1747 ogertful1754 nackety1756 quiddling1789 pernickety1808 pershittie1808 taffety1814 hypercritic1820 faddy1824 finicky1825 meticulous1827 daintified1834 squeamy1838 picksome1855 choosey1862 picky1867 hyperaesthetic1879 persnickety1885 précieux1891 perskeet1897 tasty1905 Nice Nelly1922 perfectionist1942 snicketya1960 perfectionistic1968 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > apt or apposite happya1400 germanea1525 conferent?1541 well-applieda1586 nicking1598 apt1600 punctual1609 apposite1621 collineant1638 pat1647 apropos1691 felicitous1789 treffend1850 bang on1936 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [adjective] > types of evidence corroborative1655 probative1678 nickinga1734 justifiable1755 onerative1827 corroboratory1883 sprung1966 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. ix. sig. G8 O what a tricksie lerned nicking straine Is this applauded, sencles, modern vain. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 208 The same Authour in another place..hath these nicking Hexameters. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge To Rdr. Perhaps if we slip this tide, we shall never come again at such a nicking one. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §40. 250 It might have proved a nicking Evidence against him. 1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. v. 103 A skirting, nicking, Macadamizing old screw. 1967 Jrnl. Virol. 1 770/1 The nicking enzyme is not of host origin, but is a phage-coded enzyme. 1985 D. Smith Field Music in Roundhouse Voices 170 In a nicking April wind, small criers huddled in weeds spring up surprised when I go from my road to theirs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1500n.²1551adj.1598
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