NAUGHT

naught. Naught, a. worthless, corrupt, lewd; n. nothing

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Naught (na̤t), 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.]] 1. 1. Nothing. [Written also nought.]
Doth Job fear God for naught? Job i. 9. 2. 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.