noun. The act of cutting nicks or notches; specifically, the operation of cutting tbe depressor or lateral muscles of the tail of a horse, for the purpose of either elevating or straightening it.

noun. The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.

noun. Small coal produced in making the nicking.

verb. Present participle of nick.

noun. The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.

"He gets the idea nicking's easy ... skedaddles down here, meets up with the likes of Bob Dawson, and Dick Weldon, and reckons Dorset folk have sawdust be­tween their ears."

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