nicking

To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.

“I nicked myself while I was shaving.”

To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.

To make a cut at the side of the face.

To steal.

“Someone’s nicked my bike!”

(law enforcement) To arrest.

“The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he’d broken into.”

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

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