Nick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nicked p. pr. & vb. n. Nicking.]
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.
2. To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to create a nick2 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).