nowt

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn.

   A hunner guineas for the heid o' that nowt Renwick, and him no' sae very far awa' frae your very nose at this meenit.

2. 2
   noun

   Naught, nothing.

3. 3
   adv

   Naught, nothing.

4. 4
   noun

   An ox.

From Middle English nowte, noute, nawte, naute, borrowed from Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. Cognate with Old English nēat, English neat.

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