Noth"ing , adv. In
no degree; not at all; in no wise.
Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed.
Milton.
The influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed.
Burke. Nothing
off (Naut.), an order to the
steersman to keep the vessel close to the wind.
Noth"ing (?), n. [From no, a. + thing.]
1. Not anything; no thing (in the
widest sense of the word thing); -- opposed to anything and something.
Yet had his aspect nothing of severe.
Dryden. 2. Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness. Shak.
3. 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.
Is.
xli. 24. 'T is nothing, says the fool; but,
says the friend,
This nothing, sir, will bring you to
your end.
Dryden. 4. (Arith.) A cipher; naught.
Nothing but, only; no more
than. Chaucer. -- 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." Ray. (b) Not to understand; as, I could
make nothing of what he
said.
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