snicking
present participle of snick
• nickings
Source: Wiktionary
Snick, n. Etym: [Prov. E. snick a notch; cf. Icel. snikka nick, cut.]
1. A small cut or mark.
2. (Cricket)
Definition: A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.
3. (Fiber)
Definition: A knot or irregularity in yarn. Knight.
4. (Furriery)
Definition: A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast. Snick and snee Etym: [cf. D. snee, snede, a cut], a combat with knives. [Obs.] Wiseman.
Snick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Snicking.]
1. To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting. H. Kingsley.
2. (Cricket)
Definition: To hit (a ball) lightly. R. A. Proctor.
Snick, n. & v. t.
Definition: See Sneck. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Snick up, shut up; silenced. See Sneck up, under Sneck. Give him money, George, and let him go snick up. Beau & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 November 2024
(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
