Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nick \Nick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nicked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Nicking}.]
   1. To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or
      upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.

   2. To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or
      notches in.

            And thence proceed to nicking sashes. --Prior.

            The itch of his affection should not then Have
            nicked his captainship.               --Shak.

   3. To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to
      tally with.

            Words nicking and resembling one another are
            applicable to different significations. --Camden.

   4. To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at
      the precise point or time.

            The just season of doing things must be nicked, and
            all accidents improved.               --L'Estrange.

   5. To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail
      of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher).

Nicking \Nick"ing\, n. [From {Nick}, v. t.] (Coal Mining)
   (a) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
   (b) pl. Small coal produced in making the nicking.