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hence, any similar
position, literal or figurative.

Images defended from the injuries of the weather by
niches of stone wherein they are placed.

Evelun.

Niched. (&?;), a. Placed in a
niche. "Those niched shapes of noble mold."
Tennyson.

Nick (&?;), n. [AS. nicor a
marine monster; akin to D. nikker a water spite, Icel.
nykr, ONG. nihhus a crocodile, G. nix a water
sprite; cf. Gr. &?; to wash, Skr. nij. Cf. Nix.]
(Northern Myth.) An evil spirit of the waters.

Old Nick, the evil one; the devil.
[Colloq.]

Nick, n. [Akin to Nock.]
1. A notch cut into something; as:
(a) A score for keeping an account; a
reckoning. [Obs.] (b) (Print.) A
notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in
placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution. W.
Savage.

(c) A broken or indented place in any edge or
surface; nicks in china.

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