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nicked, ppl. a.|nɪkt|
[f. nick v.2 + -ed1.]
Having a nick or nicks; notched, indented, serrated. a. In predicative use.
1523Fitzherb. Husb. §21 A paire of tonges made of wode, and in the farther ende it is nycked. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 58 The roote beyng cut, nicked, or scotched. 1631Widdowes Nat. Philos. 37 It hath leaves like Lawrell, nicked on the edge. 1656W. Coles Art of Simpling x. 31 Saw wort is so called, for that the Leaves are nicked like a Saw. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 261 Cup 2-leafed, egg-shaped, nicked at the end. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 94 The back..literally becomes nicked, as it is termed; that is, the fat is felt through the skin to be divided into two portions. 1869Blackmore Lorna D. xvii, Like a sleeve turned up, and nicked with brown at the corners.
b. In attributive use.
1615Markham Eng. Housew. ii. v. (1668) 133 An open and wide toothed, or nickt brake, and a close and straight toothed brake. 1745Daily Advertiser No. 4606. 4/1 A few white Hairs at the Tip of her Nose, and a nick'd Tail. 1791W. Gilpin Forest Scenery II. 256 The most deformed one is nicked-tail; so named from a cruel operation used in forming it. 1867F. Francis Angling vi. (1880) 226 Taking two or three turns over the nicked end at the tail. 1890Lloyd's Weekly 14 Dec. 6/2 That suspicious sound which tells of a nicked edge.
Comb.a1849H. Coleridge Ess. (1851) I. 223 The nicked⁓bearded, huffing, hectoring, basket-hilted adventurer. 1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 193 That ingenious nicked-type machine the Thorne. |
