Emily Dickinson Lexicon

nought, pron. [OE nówiht, no + wiht, creature, being, thing; no thing.]

1. Not a word.
2. Nothing; emptiness; [fig.] bleakness; desolation; loneliness.
3. Not anything of worth; such an insignificant thing as.
4. Invisible entity; [fig.] air; seemingly empty space.
5. No one; no subjects; no territory.
6. Not one thing.