"NICK" -- DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS

A Few Small Nicks, by Frida Kahlo

From WordNet 2.0 :
nick :
n 1: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: dent,
gouge]
2: a small cut [syn: notch, snick]
v 1: cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his
cheek" [syn: snick]
2: cut a nick into [syn: chip]
3: divide or reset the tail muscles of; "nick horses"
4: mate successfully; of livestock

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
nick : \Nick\, n. [AS. nicor a marine monster; akin to D. nikker a
water spite, Icel. nykr, ONG. nihhus a crocodile, G. nix a
water sprite; cf. Gr. ? to wash, Skr. nij. Cf. Nix.]
(Northern Myth.)
An evil spirit of the waters.

Old Nick, the evil one; the devil. [Colloq.]

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