In the northern mythology, an evil spirit of the saters; hence the modern vulgar phrase, Old Nick, the evil one.

The exact point of time required by necessity or convenience; the critical time.

A notch or score for keeping an account; a reckoning.

A winning throw.

To hit; to touch luckily; to perform by a slight artifice used at the lucky time. The just reason of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved.

To cut in nicks or notches.

To suit, as lattices cut in nicks.

To defeat or cozen, as at dice; to disappoint by some trick or unexpected turn.

To notch or make an incision in a horses tail, to make him carry it higher.