Nickel

nik'el, n. {Min.) A hard grayish-white metal of considerable luster, very malleable and ductile: used in various alloys and in plating; in the U. S., a coin or 5 cents) marie partly of nickel. [G. nickel, abbr. kupfernickel, copper nickel, copper of Nick, or Nicholas, a name given in derision, as it was thought to be a base ore of copper.] — Nickel if'- erous, -if^er-us, a. Containing nickel. [L. ferre, to bear.] Nick'nack. Same as Knickknack.