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Webster 1913 Edition

Naught

Naught

(na̤t)
,
Noun.
[OE.
naught
,
nought
,
naht
,
nawiht
, AS.
nāwiht
,
nāuht
,
nāht
;
ne
not +
ā
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

,
Adj.
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.
Shakespeare
Things
naught
and things indifferent.
Hooker.
2.
Hence, vile; base; naughty.
[Obs.]
No man can be stark
naught
at once.
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition

Naught

NAUGHT

,
Noun.
Nothing.
Doth Job serve God for naught? Job 1.
Thou sellest thy people for naught. Psalm 44.
To set at naught, to slight, to disregard or despise.
Ye have set at naught all my counsel. Proverbs 1.

NAUGHT

,
adv.
In no degree
To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied.

NAUGHT

,
Adj.
Bad; worthless; of no value or account.
Things naught and things indifferent.
It is naught, it is naught, says the buyer. Proverbs 20.

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