NICKELLED
NICKEL
nickel
(verb) plate with nickel; “nickel the plate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
nickelled
simple past tense and past participle of nickel
Source: Wiktionary
NICKEL
Nick"el, n. Etym: [G., fr. Sw. nickel, abbrev. from Sw. kopparnickel
copper-nickel, a name given in derision, as it was thought to be a
base ore of copper. The origin of the second part of the word is
uncertain. Cf. Kupfer-nickel, Copper-nickel.]
1. (Chem.)
Definition: A bright silver-white metallic element. It is of the iron
group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with
sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with
arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.6.
Note: On account of its permanence in air and inertness to oxidation,
it is used in the smaller coins, for plating iron, brass, etc., for
chemical apparatus, and in certain alloys, as german silver. It is
magnetic, and is very frequently accompanied by cobalt, both being
found in meteoric iron.
2. A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent
piece. [Colloq. U.S.] Nickel silver, an alloy of nickel, copper, and
zinc; -- usually called german silver; called also argentan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition