nick

A small cut in a surface.

Senses connoting something small.

Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.

"The car I bought was cheap and in good nick."

To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.

"I nicked myself while I was shaving."

To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.

To make a cut at the side of the face.