Sentence:  The itch of his Affection ſhould not then / Haue <WSD>nickt</WSD> his Captain-ſhip, at ſuch a point, / When halfe to halfe the world oppos'd, he being / The meered queſtion? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.