NICKING

verb

1. To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
2. To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
3. To make a cut at the side of the face.

verb

1. To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.

noun

1. The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.