nought : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: nought	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for nought
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nought n a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number Synonym(s): zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher
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. [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i. 25.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nought \Nought\, n. & adv. See {Naught}. --Chaucer.