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noun

Nothing n.

Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); opposed to anything and something. "Yet had his aspect nothing of severe."

Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness.

A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle. "Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought." "'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend, This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end."

(Arith.) A cipher; naught.

Nothing but, only; no more than.

To make nothing of.

(a)

To make no difficulty of; to consider as trifling or important. "We are industrious to preserve our bodies from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our souls to be slaves to our lusts."

(b)

Not to understand; as, I could make nothing of what he said.

adverb

Nothing adv. In no degree; not at all; in no wise. "Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed." "The influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed."

Nothing off (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the vessel close to the wind.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nothing" Quotes from Famous Books

... As nothing better was suggested the boys set out for Highpoint, which they soon reached, and a short hunt enabled them to find Jack Dudley, the leader of the Highpoint Patrol, from whom they learned that Pepper had ...

— The Boy Scouts Patrol • Ralph Victor

... consummate casuist went on working a congenial vein until a less miserable sinner might have been persuaded that he had done nothing really dishonourable; but young Garland had the grace neither to make nor to accept any excuse for his own conduct. I never heard a man more down upon himself, or confession of error couched in stronger terms; and yet there was something ...

— Mr. Justice Raffles • E. W. Hornung

... am losing control of my self! I want some man of science like you to study me. Your sister said you would help me, and you must! You think I deceive—you thought so last night—but I don't. I knew nothing of what went on. I didn't know that you were there. I don't know what I do nor what I am. I want you men of science to investigate me. I will submit to any test you like. You may fasten me in a cage, or padlock me down—anything!—but I will not ...

— The Tyranny of the Dark • Hamlin Garland

... no need to. I didn't know he had any key. I don't believe he hid anything, if that's what you're thinking about. I tracked him because I wanted to make sure he was safe and know what he was doing. As soon as I saw where he was headed for, I just beat it back. Nothing to it, ...

— Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp • Percy Keese Fitzhugh

... undoubted, and the witness was duly examined as to the details of the occurrence; but he was so frightened by the noise and by the danger he believed himself to have narrowly escaped, that he could tell little or nothing. He felt certain, however, that the meteorite had hunted him for two hours through the jungle before it fell ...

— The Story of the Heavens • Robert Stawell Ball

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