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   Naught , n. [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.]
   Nothing. [Written also nought.]
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   Doth Job fear God for naught?
   Job i. 9.
   
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   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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   Naught, adv. In no degree; not at all.
   Chaucer.
   
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   To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied.
   Fairfax.
   
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   Naught, a.
   Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.
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   It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer.
   Prov. xx. 14.
   
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   Go, get you to your house; begone, away!
   All will be naught else.
   Shak.
   
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   Things naught and things indifferent.
   Hooker.
   
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   Hence, vile; base; naughty. [Obs.]
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   No man can be stark naught at once.
   Fuller.
   
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