verb
nidge
verb
1
To dress or shape the surface of a stone using a sharp-pointed hammer.
"The mason spent the morning nidging the block until its face was even."
How to Use Nidge
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA stonemason's term for carefully chipping a stone's surface smooth with a pointed hammer.
When to use it
A specialist trade term, rarely seen outside masonry and stonework contexts.
Word Forms
nidged past tense, nidges singular
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Etymology
Believed to be a variant of "nitch," related to "notch" — describing the small chipping strokes used to work the stone.