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Nicking   Listen
noun
Nicking  n.  (Coal Mining)
(a)
The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
(b)
pl. Small coal produced in making the nicking.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Nicking" Quotes from Famous Books



... the racer should really be in the blood, or what is called the proper nicking of it, I must say, it is a matter of great wonder to me, that the blood of the Godolphin Arabian, who was a confined Stallion, and had but few Mares, should nick so well as to produce so many excellent racers; and that the blood of his son Cade, who has had such a number of Mares, and ...
— A Dissertation on Horses • William Osmer



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