"nicking" meaning in English

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      "form": "nickings",
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          "text": "The physicians sounded a warning about shaving among both men and women who have pigmented moles on the skin. Such moles, they cautioned, should never be irritated by repeated nickings.",
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        "A small cut or nick."
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        "The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face."
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        "(mining) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face."
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          "word": "prickings"
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        "business",
        "mining"
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  "word": "nicking"
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        "(mining) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face."
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