meaning of nicker
1. One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence.
2. The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.
3. A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray.
4. The plant producing nicker nuts.
5. the characteristic sounds made by a horse
Related Words
nicker | nicker nut | nicker seed |
