Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NICK, v.t.¹

1. To hit; to touch luckily; to perform by a slight artifice used at the lucky time.
2. To cut in nicks or notches. [See Notch.] Shak. The just reason of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved. L'Estrange.
3. To suit, as lattices cut in nicks. [Obs.] Camden.
4. To defeat or cozen, as at dice; to disappoint by some trick or unexpected turn. [Obs.] Shak.