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  • 31nought — noun Brit. the digit 0. pronoun variant spelling of naught. Derivatives noughth adjective …

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  • 32nought — n. Nothing, naught …

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  • 33naught — I. n. Nothing, nought. II. a. 1. Worthless, bad, of no value. 2. Naughty, vile, base …

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  • 34naught — UK [nɔːt] / US [nɔt] nought …

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  • 35nought — [[t]nɔt[/t]] n. adj. adv. naught • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE nōht, contr. of nōwiht=ne not +ōwiht aught I …

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  • 36nought — /nɔt / (say nawt) noun 1. a cipher (0); zero. –adjective, adverb 2. Archaic → naught. {Middle English noht, nouht, Old English nōht, syncopated variant of nōwiht} …

  • 37nought — n. 1 the digit 0; a cipher. 2 poet. or archaic (in certain phrases) nothing (cf. NAUGHT). Phrases and idioms: noughts and crosses a paper and pencil game with a square grid of nine squares, in which players seek to complete a row of three noughts …

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  • 38do-naught — doˈ naught, doˈ nought or doˈ nothˈing noun 1. A lazy or idle person 2. A fainéant (see ↑donnot) • • • Main Entry: ↑do * * * do naught see do nought …

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  • 39do-nought — doˈ naught, doˈ nought or doˈ nothˈing noun 1. A lazy or idle person 2. A fainéant (see ↑donnot) • • • Main Entry: ↑do …

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  • 40To set at naught — 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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