Definition of Nickling

1. nickle [v] - See also: nickle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nickling

nickenichite
nicker
nicker nut
nicker nuts
nicker seed
nicker tree
nicker trees
nickered
nickering
nickers
nickin'
nicking
nickle
nickled
nickles
nickling (current term)
nicknack
nicknackeries
nicknackery
nicknacks
nickname
nicknamed
nicknameless
nicknamer
nicknamers
nicknames
nicknaming
nicks
nickum
nickums

Literary usage of Nickling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Charles John Crompton, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1834)
"BAYLEY, B. — nickling v. Dickens was decided before the 2 Will. 4, c. 39. As soon as the statement ceased to be necessary for the purpose of giving the ..."

2. American Watchmaker and Jeweler: An Encyclopedia for the Horologist, Jeweler by George Henry Abbott Hazlitt (1898)
"Now, it is obvious to any thinking mind that if this face becomes injured by neglect, whereby the nickling is removed in spots or portions, they will, ..."

3. The Law Reports. Queen's Bench Division by Railway and Canal Commission, Court of Appeal, Great Britain, Criminal Division, Court for Crown Cases Reserved (1887)
"nickling v. Heaps (2) is so reported as to leave it very doubtful what the ... As to nickling v. Heaps (2) it may be my own fault, but I confess I do not ..."

4. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips (1801)
"Mr. G. Parry, liquor-merchant. —Mr. T. Evans.—Mr. S. Bellamy, formerly a chape-maker.—Mrs. nickling, wife of Mr. J. nickling, button-maker. ..."

5. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1878)
"That was held in nickling v. Heaps (21 LT Rep. £rfy"in stolen NS 754), where the defendants, from whom the goods (furniture) g»ods. had been obtained by ..."

6. The Peasant Speech of Devon: With Other Matters Connected Therewith by Sarah Hewett (1892)
"These are used to make the brick ovens hot, which are built in back-kitchen chimney corners. nickling = making short steps. ..."

7. Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, John Thomas Cook (1877)
"The case relied upon, and properly relied upon, to the contrary is nickling v. Heaps (3), which to my mind certainly is not very intelligible. ..."

8. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"The g in nickling is excrescent, as in Jennings and hundreds of other cases. With the dim. Nicol-in, cf. violin, a little viol. 1733. ..."

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