do naught ( gh silent)

[Eng. do, and naught.] [DONNAT.] A good-for-nothing, idle fellow. "Crafty and proud do naughts."-Granger: On Ecclesi astes (1621), p. 243. dō-năx, s. [Lat., from Gr.=(1) a reed, (2) a kind of shell-fish.] 1. Bot .: Arundo donax, a strong-growing, cane like gra , resembling the bamboo in habit, but only averaging eight to ten feet in height. It is a native of the south of Europe and Palestine. Its stems are used for many domestic purposes, such as walking-sticks, measuring-rods, and musical pipes; pan-pipes are made of them. ( Smith .) 2. Zool .: A genus of lamellibranch i ate mollusks belonging to the family Tell in ide. The shell is wedge-shaped and striated, the front rounded and produced, posterior side short. It commences in the Eocene Tertiary, and is represented by numer ous species at the present day. done, various parts of v. & interj. [Do.] A. As parts of a verb: *I. As the third pers. pl. pres. indic. (for doen ). *II. As infinitive: "With me ne hadde he neuer to done." IMG:content-0370.png:[blocks in formation] (2) Figuratively : (a) Cheated, baffled, defeated, overreached. ( b ) Exhausted, done up. "The Holland fleet, who tired and done." Dryden: Annus Mirabilis , lxx. B. As interj.: Used to expre agreement to a proposal made; as, in accepting a wager, or a bargain offered, the person accepting says, Done : that is, agreed, accepted; I agree or I accept. "'Twas done and done , and the fox, by consent, was to be the judge."- L ' Estrange : Fables. (1) Done brown (from meat being roasted till quite done): Cheated or overreached thoroughly. (2) Done for : (a) Ruined, killed. (b) Exhausted, done up. "She is rather done for , this morning."- Mi Austen: Persuasion, ch. xxiii. (3) Done up : Thoroughly exhausted, worn out, or exhausted from any cause. done, a. [Fr. donné = given, pa. par. of donner = to give; Lat. do no.] Law : Given, i ued, given out to the public; a term used at the conclusion of formal documents, showing the date at which they were officially approved and became valid. [GIVEN.]