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nought
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nought \Nought\, n. & adv. See Naught. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Naught \Naught\ (n[add]t), n. [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. n[=a]wiht, n[=a]uht, n[=a]ht; ne not + [=a] ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See No, adv. Whit, and cf. Aught, Not.] 1. Nothing. [Written also nought.] [1913 Webster] Doth Job fear God for naught? --Job i. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher. [1913 Webster] To set at naught, to treat as of no account; to disregard; to despise; to defy; to treat with ignominy. "Ye have set at naught all my counsel." --Prov. i. 25. [1913 Webster]
