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(), n.[OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. nwiht, nuht, nht; ne not + ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See No, adv.Whit, and cf. Aught, Not.] 1. Nothing. [Written also nought.] Doth Job fear God for naught? Job i. 9. 2. The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher. 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. Naught adv.In no degree; not at all. Chaucer. To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied. Fairfax. Naught a. 1. Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer. Prov. xx. 14. Go, get you to your house; begone, away! All will be naught else. Shak. Things naught and things indifferent. Hooker. 2. Hence, vile; base; naughty. [Obs.] No man can be stark naught at once. Fuller. スポンサード リンク
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