nowt

pron

1. (Northern-England)Naught, nothing.

   “Today I have achieved absolutely nowt / In just being out of the house, I've lost out”

noun

1. (Northern-England, uncountable)Naught, nothing.
2. (Yorkshire, uncountable)A person of no importance; a worthless person; a ne'er-do-well.

   “Bud yah're a nowt, and it's no use talking - yah'll niver mend o'yer ill ways, but goa raight to t' divil, like yer mother afore ye!”

   “... and great hectoring nowts like yond' Irish Peter, Helstone's curate.”

   “A ornery beggar, a nowt, a rapscallion, a shop egg, a devvle from yed to foot, at some time or other were applied to him.”

3. (Northern-England, Scotland)An ox.
4. (Northern-England, Scotland)A herd of cattle.
5. (Northern-England, Scotland, figuratively)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.”

adv

1. (Northern-England, not-comparable)Naught, nothing.