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Nought \Nought\, n. & adv.
See {Naught}. --Chaucer.
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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}.]
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Doth Job fear God for naught? --Job i. 9.
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2. The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See {Cipher}.
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{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.
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