Of stone: dressed roughly with a sharp-pointed hammer.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Peter Nicholson (1765–1844), architectural writer and mathematician. Origin uncertain; perhaps from a variant of nitch + -ed.
Definition of nidged in US English:
nidged
(also nigged)
adjectivenɪdʒd
Scottish Building
Of stone: dressed roughly with a sharp-pointed hammer.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Peter Nicholson (1765–1844), architectural writer and mathematician. Origin uncertain; perhaps from a variant of nitch + -ed.