Middle English Dictionary Entry
nik n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nik n. |
| Etymology | ?Var. of OF niche a niche. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A notch, tally; also, the nock of an arrow; ~ of a tallie, a notch of a tally.
Associated quotations
- (?a1450) Chart.St.Swithun in Wor.HS (1912)61 : On dorse, my mayster Syr..R ij nikes ij s. & holande clothe xiii s.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)86a : A Nike: tenus. A Nyke of A tayle; epimerida.