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naething

American  
[ney-thing] / ˈneɪ θɪŋ /

noun

Scot.
  1. nothing.


Example Sentences

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Of course, this is to "prove naething," but never mind if but the garden enshrine beauty.

From Garden-Craft Old and New by Sedding, John D.

In my day lassies werena in the way o’ takin’ the words out o’ their mother’s mouth, to say naething o’ folk four times their age.

From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)

I want naething frae ye o' ony consequence.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander

"Nae, ye'll do naething of the kind, Robert Brand!—ye'll tak what must come till ye!"

From The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 by Morford, Henry

She turn'd her richt and round about, To spier her true love's name, 35 But naething heard she, nor naething saw, As a' the woods grew dim.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various