nicking

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of nick

noun

1. A small cut or nick.

   “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.”

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