Nick

n.	1.	(Northern Myth.) An evil spirit of the waters. Old Nick the evil one; the devil.
	1.	(Print.) A notch cut into something
	2.	A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; as, nicks in a china plate; a nick in the table top.
	3.	A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. To cut it off in the very nick. - Howell. This nick of time is the critical occasion for the gaining of a point. - L'Estrange.
v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Nicked (nĭkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Nicking.]
	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. And thence proceed to nicking sashes. - Prior. The itch of his affection should not then Have nicked his captainship. - Shak.
	3.	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. - Camden.
	4.	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.
	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).
	1.	To nickname; to style. For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me. - Ford.

Noun	1.	nick - an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) Synonyms: gouge, dent
	2.	nick - a small cut Synonyms: snick, notch
Verb	1.	nick - cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek" Synonyms: snick
	2.	nick - cut a nick into Synonyms: chip
	3.	nick - divide or reset the tail muscles of; "nick horses"
	4.	nick - mate successfully; of livestock

nick - [IRC] nickname. On IRC, every user must pick a nick, which is sometimes the user's real name or login name, but is often more fanciful. Compare handle.

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