For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me.
Ford.
{ Nick"ar nut` (?), Nick"ar tree` (?) }. (Bot.) Same as Nicker nut,
Nicker tree.
Nick"el (?), n. [G., fr. Sw. nickel, abbrev. from Sw. kopparnickel
copper-nickel, a name given in derision, as it was thought to be a base
ore of copper. The origin of the second part of the word is uncertain.
Cf. Kupfer-nickel, Copper-nickel.] 1. (Chem.) A bright silver-white
metallic element. It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and
ductile. It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in
the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance.
Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.6.
On account of its permanence in air and inertness to oxidation, it is
used in the smaller coins, for plating iron, brass, etc., for chemical
apparatus, and in certain alloys, as german silver. It is magnetic, and
is very frequently accompanied by cobalt, both being found in meteoric
iron.
2. A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece.
[Colloq. U.S.]
Nickel silver, an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; -- usually called
german silver; called also argentan.
Nick*el"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, nickel;
specifically, designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the
nickelous compounds, the metal has a higher valence; as nickelic oxide.
Nick`el*if"er*ous (?), a. [Nickel + -ferous.] Containing nickel; as,
nickelferous iron.
Nick"el*ine (? or ?), n. 1. (Chem.) An alloy of nickel, a variety of
German silver.