Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nought"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Naught \Naught\, n. [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS.
n?wiht, n?uht, n?ht; 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nought \Nought\, n. & adv.
See {Naught}. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nought
n : a mathematical element that when added to another number
yields the same number [syn: {zero}, {0}, {cipher}, {cypher}]
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