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noun
Naught  n.  
1.
Nothing. (Written also nought) "Doth Job fear God for naught?"
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."


Nought  n., adv.  See Naught.





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"Nought" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Pele is nought," she declared, "I will go to Kilawea,[29] the mountain of the fires where the smoke and stones go up, and Pele shall not touch me. My God, Jehovah, made the mountain and the fires within it too, ...
— The Book of Missionary Heroes • Basil Mathews
... asleep after his night of exertion: his dreams were confused and wild; but I seldom trouble people about dreams, which are as nought. When Reason descends from her throne, and seeks a transitory respite from her labour, Fancy usurps the vacant seat, and in pretended majesty, would fain exert her sister's various powers. These she enacts to the best of her ability, and with about the same success as ...
— Newton Forster - The Merchant Service • Captain Frederick Marryat
... sauce-box! Do you think my lady has nought to do but attend to the whimsies of chits like you? Go on with your work. ...
— Penshurst Castle - In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney • Emma Marshall
... near them, I gave word to furl all sails and stop the ship, and as there was nought to fear from them but fire, to get the boats out and man them both well, and so wait for ...
— Robinson Crusoe - In Words of One Syllable • Mary Godolphin
... love! Nought can withstand the power Of thy divine, o'ermastering force, To man heaven's richest dower. All know who own thy sovereign sway, No wealth can equal thine, Inspiring and constraining each, ...
— Home Lyrics • Hannah. S. Battersby


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