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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1609
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(Naucht,) Naught, n. [e.m.E. and ME. naught, ME. naȝt, naht, f. as Naucht,adv.] Nothing; a person or thing of littie consequence or worth. — 1609 Craig iii. 5.
Amongst so many children some must mis-thriue and proue naught
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