| 释义 |
nick-stick Now rare or Obs.
[f. nick v.]
A tally, a reckoning-stick.
1695in Trans. Antiq. Soc. Scot. (1792) I. 558 You are to advert to keep an exact nickstick between you and the coalyier, of the number of deals of coals received in. 1816Scott Antiq. xv. note, Each family had its own nick-stick, and for each loaf as delivered a notch was made on the stick. 1843J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie (1875) 170 With her the baker required to keep no nickstick, the butcher no chalk-board.
transf.1872Egglestone (title) The Weardale Nick-Stick, containing Floods, Thunderstorms, High Winds. |
