נִיקּוּר, נִקּ׳ m. (נָקַר I) 1) picking, biting; chiselling.—נ׳ עינים putting out the eyes. Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 168ᵇ; Lev. R. s. 20; Tanḥ. Vaëthḥ. 1; Koh. R. to VIII, 17.—נ׳ אבנים chiselling of stones. Sot. 46ᵇ.—Esp. the picking or biting done by birds, snakes &c., traces of biting. Ab. Zar. 35ᵃ (נחש) משום נ׳ because a serpent may have touched it. Y. Ter. VIII, 46ᵃ top דג נ׳ a fish showing traces of bites; a. fr.—Pl. נִיקּוּרִים, נִיקּוּרִין, נִקּ׳. Ter. VIII, 6 נִיקּוּרֵי תאנים וכ׳ figs &c. which appear to have been bitten at (possibly by snakes); Tosef. ib. VII, 16 נ׳ תבשיל וכ׳ a dish &c. showing traces of bites. Kidd. 80ᵃ, sq. נמצאו נ׳ נ׳ וכ׳ the dough shows that it has been pecked at (by chickens); a. fr.—Esp. niḳḳurin, laws concerning food suspected of having been touched by snakes. Y. Ter. l. c.; v. אֲפַּךְ; a. fr. —2) pl. worm-eaten cloth, shreds. Midr. Sam. ch. XXII (some ed. ניקוד׳, corr. acc.); Yalk. ib. 129, v. בְּרוּקְלֵי.