nik in Middle English

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "nick"
          },
          "expansion": "English: nick",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: nick"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yol",
            "2": "lownnick"
          },
          "expansion": "Yola: lownnick",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yola: lownnick"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "niche"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old French niche",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French niche?",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nikes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nike",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyke",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "nik",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nikes"
      },
      "expansion": "nik (plural nikes)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "notch, tally"
      ],
      "id": "en-nik-enm-noun-SqQFqomr",
      "links": [
        [
          "notch",
          "notch"
        ],
        [
          "tally",
          "tally"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nock (of an arrow)"
      ],
      "id": "en-nik-enm-noun-MxAC5RpO",
      "links": [
        [
          "nock",
          "nock"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nik/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/niːk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nik"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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            "2": "nick"
          },
          "expansion": "English: nick",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: nick"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yol",
            "2": "lownnick"
          },
          "expansion": "Yola: lownnick",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yola: lownnick"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "fro",
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French niche?",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nikes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nike",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyke",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "nik",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nikes"
      },
      "expansion": "nik (plural nikes)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "notch, tally"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "notch",
          "notch"
        ],
        [
          "tally",
          "tally"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nock (of an arrow)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nock",
          "nock"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nik/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/niːk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nik"
}

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"nik" meaning in Middle English

Noun