Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Nicker

Nicker , noun

[From Nick, transitive verb]

1.
One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence. [Cant] — Arbuthnot
2.
The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.