NICKERED

Verb

nickered

simple past tense and past participle of nicker

Source: Wiktionary


NICKER

Nick"er, n. Etym: [From Nick, v.t.]

1. One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence. [Cant] Arbuthnot.

2. The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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