Search the Dictionary

Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



177 words match “NICK”

BADGER STATE n.
Wisconsin; -- a nickname.
BAY STATE n.
Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay; -- a nickname.
BAYOU STATE n.
Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous.
BEAR STATE n.
Arkansas; -- a nickname, from the many bears once inhabiting its forests.
BEAVER STATE n.
Oregon; -- a nickname.
BIG BEND STATE n.
Tennessee; -- a nickname.
BLACKWATER STATE n.
Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.
BLUE HEN STATE n.
d be truly game unless the mother was a blue hen, whence Blue Hen's Chickens came to be a nickname for the people of Delaware.
BLUE-GRASS STATE n.
The Sate of Kentucky; -- a nickname alluding to the blue-grass region, where fine horses are bred.
BLUENOSE n.
A nickname for a Nova Scotian.
BOBBY n.
A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
BONDUC n.
See Nicker tree.
BRIC-A BRAC; BRIC-A-BRAC; BRIC A BRAC n.
or antique article of virtu, as a piece of antiquated furniture or metal work, or an odd knickknack.
BY-NAME n.
A nickname. Camden.
BYNAME v.
To give a nickname to. Camden.
CABRERITE n.
An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.
CAMPBELLITE n.
ed Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3.
CENTENNIAL STATE n.
Colorado; -- a nickname alluding to the fact that it was admitted to the Union in the centennial year, 1876.
CHARLIE n.
A familiar nickname or substitute for Charles.
CHINOOK STATE n.
Washington -- a nickname. See Chinook, n.
← Previous Page 3 of 9 Next →