Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Nice

Nice (nīs), a. [Compar.Nicer (nī″sẽr); superl.Nicest.] [OE., foolish, fr. OF. nice ignorant, fool, fr. L. nescius ignorant; ne not + scius knowing, scire to know. Perhaps influe...

947

Nicely

Nice″lyadv. In a nice manner.

948

Nicene

Ni″cene (?), a. [L. Nicaenus, fr. Nicaea Nice, Gr. �.] Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the ecumenical council held there a. d. 325.Nicene Creed (�), a summ...

949

Niceness

Nice″ness (?), n. Quality or state of being nice.

950

Nicery

Ni″cer‐y (?), n. Nicety. Chapman.

951

Nicety

Ni″ce‐ty (?), n.; pl.Niceties (#). [OE. niceté foolishness.] 1. The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.).The miller smiled of her nicety. Chaucer....

952

Niche

Niche (nĭch), n. [F., fr. It. nicchia, prop., a shell-like recess in a wall, fr. nicchio a shellfish, mussel, fr. L. mytilus.] A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the ...

953

Niched

Niched. (nĭcht), a. Placed in a niche. “Those niched shapes of noble mold.” Tennyson.

954

Nick

Nick (nĭk), 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. νίπτειν to wash, Skr. nij. Cf. N...

955

Nick (2)

Nick, n. [Akin to Nock.] 1. A notch cut into something; as: (a) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning. (b) (Print.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist...

956

Nick (3)

Nick, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Nicked (nĭkt); 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. T...

957

Nick (4)

Nick, v. t. To nickname; to style.For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me. Ford.

958

Nickar nut

{ Nick″ar nut′ (?), Nick″ar tree′ (?) }. (Bot.) Same as Nicker nut, Nicker tree.

959

Nickel

Nick″el (?), n. [G., fr. Sw. nickel, abbrev. from Sw. kopparnickel copper-nickel, a name given in derision, as it was thought to be a base ore of copper. The origin of the secon...

960

Nickel steel

Nickel steel. A kind of cast steel containing nickel, which greatly increases its strength. It is used for armor plate, bicycle tubing, propeller shafts, etc.

961

Nickelic

Nick‐el″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically, designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the nickelous compounds, the metal has a higher ...

962

Nickeliferous

Nick′el‐if″er‐ous (?), a. [Nickel + -ferous.] Containing nickel; as, nickelferous iron.

963

Nickeline

Nick″el‐ine (? or?), n. 1. (Chem.) An alloy of nickel, a variety of German silver.2. (Min.) Niccolite.

964

Nickelodeon

Nick′el‐o″de‐on (?), n. [Nickel + odeon.] A place of entertainment, as for moving picture exhibition, charging a fee or admission price of five cents.

965

Nickelous

Nick″el‐ous (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel in which, as contrasted with the nickelic compounds, the metal has a lower valence; as, n...

966

Nicker

Nick″er (?), n. [From Nick, v. t.] 1. One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence. Arbuthnot.2. The cutting lip which projects downwa...

967

Nicker nut

Nick″er nut′ (?). A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, wood...

968

Nicker tree

Nick″er tree′ (?). (Bot.) The plant producing nicker nuts. [Written also neckar tree and nickar tree.]

969

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.

970

Nickle

Nic″kle (?), n.(Zoöl.) The European woodpecker, or yaffle; — called also nicker pecker.

971

Nicknack

Nick″nack′ (?), n. See Knickknack.

972

Nicknackery

Nick″nack′er‐y (?), n. See Knickknackery.