▪ I. nitch, n. rare.
(nɪtʃ)
Also 8 nich(e.
[Of obscure origin: cf. nick n. and notch n.]
A slight break, notch, or incision.
| 1726 in Lowson J. Guidfollow (1890) App. 282 The Deponent afterward having seen the sword..perceived a nitch in it. 1726 Monro Anat. 80 Frequently a Hole is found on one Side, and a Niche [1741 Nich] on the other. 1741 Ibid. (ed. 3) 28 Niches [1782 Nitches] or Notches, small Breaches in the Bone. [1839 Holloway Dict. Prov. s.v. Nichilled, One piece..has an incision made in it, but none cut out; this is called Nitch.] |
▪ II. nitch
var. of knitch, bundle; niche n.
▪ III. † nitch
obs. variant of niche v. 4.
| 1834 M. Edgeworth Helen III. iii. 35 Nicely adapted to her place in society to nitch and notch in, and to be of no sort of value out of it. |
▪ IV. nitch, v. rare.
(nɪtʃ)
[Prob. for knitch (recorded in this sense in Scottish dial. use): see knitch n.]
trans. To unite or connect together; to fix together, truss.
| 1824 Landor Imag. Conv., Abbé Delille & Landor I. 274 One of the beauties at which Boileau aimed, was the nitching of several names together in a verse, without any other word. 1880 Carnegie Pract. Trap. 10 Bend one hind leg, and make a slit behind the bone, place through this the other leg, nitch this one at the back of the knee, and the rabbit is ham strung. |