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See Nicker nut.

An alloy resembling silver, and consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth. Ure.

A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; an arsenide of nickel; -- called also coppernickel, kupfernickel.

Finicky or pottering work; specif. (Fine Arts),

Minnesota; -- a nickname.

A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway.

A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation. And on the stick ten equal notches makes. Swift.

An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions. [Colloq.]

-- Old Catholics. See under Catholic. -- Old English. See under English. n., 2. -- Old Nick, Old Scratch, the devil. -- Old lady (Zoöl.), a large European noctuid moth (Mormo maura). -- Old maid. (a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster. (b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the…

Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.

A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.

South California; -- a nickname alluding to the State Arms, which contain a representation of a palmetto tree.

West Virginia; -- a nickname.

A nickname for a policeman; -- so called from Sir Robert Peel. [British Slang] See Bobby.

Louisiana; -- a nickname alluding to the device on its seal.

Florida; -- a nickname.

locks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See Pig, 4. -- Pig yoke (Naut.), a nickname for a quadrant or sextant. -- A pig in a poke (that is, bag), a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. [Colloq.]

An apple-green mineral having a greasy feel. It is a hydrous silicate of nickel, magnesia, aluminia, and iron.

Maine; -- a nickname alluding to the pine tree in its coat of arms.

Illinois; -- a nickname.