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▪ I. nidge, v.1 rare.|nɪdʒ|
[Of obscure origin.]
trans. and intr. To shake, quiver.
1803J. Porter Thaddeus xxvi. (1831) 225 The coxcomb, who stood nidging his head with anger. 1831in Mag. Amer. Hist. Jan. (1888) 81 The majestic object is perpetually in motion, shaking and nidging and nodding this way and that.
▪ II. nidge, v.2 Sc.|nɪdʒ|
[Of obscure origin.]
trans. To trim (stone) roughly by means of a sharp-pointed hammer. Hence nidged ppl. a., ˈnidging vbl. n.
1842Gwilt Archit. 519 In Aberdeen, where the stone is very hard,..they pick the stone until the surface has nearly acquired the requisite form. This sort of work is called nidged-work, and the operation nidging. Ibid. 1008 Nidged Ashlar, a species of ashlar used in Aberdeen. It is brought to the square by means of a cavil or hammer with a sharp point. 1850in Ogilvie. |