See Also: Nicker nut(medicine)
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Nicker tree(medicine)

estrepement (iou) and nicker(4) (iou)


estrepement (iou)



estrepement noun. E16.
[Anglo-Norman, Old French, from estreper (whence Anglo-Latin estrepare) from Latin extirpare EXTIRPATE: see -MENT.]
Law. Damage to an estate caused by a tenant.

nicker(4) (iou)



nicker noun4. Also nickar. L17.
[Prob. a special use of NICKER noun3.]
Any of the hard round seeds of certain tropical leguminous trees, esp. Caesalpinia bonduc, used in the W. Indies to play marbles with (also nicker-nut); any of these trees, esp. (also nicker-tree) Caesalpinia bonduc.