aught

alternative owt

1. archaicdialectalAnything whatsoever, any part.

   for aught I know/care

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   […] wouldst thou aught with me?

   c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]

   But go, my Son, and ſee if aught be vvanting / Among thy Father's Friends; […]

   1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 58

   Then Proclamation was made, that they that had ought to ſay for their Lord the King againſt the Priſoner at the Bar, ſhould forthwith appear and give in their evidence.

   1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 129

   […]to other objects, which for aught we know, may be only in appearance similar.

   1748, [David Hume], “chapter 29”, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC

   It was a foolish thing to do; but when was happy youth aught but foolish?

   1881, E[liza] Lynn Linton, “In the Morning”, in “My Love!” […], volume I, London: Chatto and Windus, […], →OCLC, page 1

alternative owt

1. archaicnot comparableAt all, in any degree, in any respect.

   […] and if your love Can labour aught in sad invention, Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb, And sing it to her bones [...]

   1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]

plural aughts · alternative owt

1. archaicWhit, the smallest part, iota.

   Synonyms: bit, jot, ace, atom, thought, atomy, bissel, continental

plural aughts

1. proscribedsometimesZero.
2. The digit zero.

1. regionaluncountableEstimation.

   in my aught

2. regionaluncountableOf importance or consequence (in the phrase "of aught").

   an event of aught

3. obsoleterareregionaluncountableEsteem, respect.

   a man of aught

   a man of high esteem, an important or well-respected man

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   Show some aught to your elders, boy.

present singular third person aughts · participle present aughting · participle past aughted · past aughted

1. dialectalobsoleteObsolete or dialectal form of ought

1. dialectalobsoleteObsolete or dialectal form of eight.

   Seven — aught — aught tines on the antlers. By G—d, a hart of aught tines, and the first of the season!

   1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III) (in English), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC