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Definition of Nickering
1. nicker [v] - See also: nicker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nickering
Literary usage of Nickering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"The camp doth move ; 780 His was no nickering flame, that dies Unless when fanned
by looks and sighs And lighted oft at lady's eyes; ..."
2. Color and Its Applications by Matthew Luckiesh (1915)
"Showing the maxima attained by nickering lights at various frequencies 140 74.
Showing the maxima of sensations produced by nickering red light on a steady ..."
3. Africa and the American Negro by John Wesley Edward Bowen, Stewart Missionary Foundation for Africa (1896)
"That faint and nickering light reveals how great the darkness has been and is.
Some think that the shadows are lengthening into eternal night for the Negro, ..."
4. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander von Humboldt (1871)
"It was known in ancient times by the Greek astronomers, that the nickering of
their light distinguished the fixed stars from the planets; but Aristotle, ..."
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