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The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone. See Furculum.

of Methinks.

Wrongly taught; as, a mistaught youth. L'Estrange.

Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error. [Obs.] Spenser.

Badly wrought. Bacon.

of May. Might.

An alehouse; a pothouse. Tickel.

Nothing. [Written also nought.] Doth Job fear God for naught Job i. 9.

In a naughty manner; wickedly; perversely. Shak.

The quality or state of being naughty; perverseness; badness; wickedness. I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart. 1 Sam. xvii. 28.

Naughtily; wrongly. [Obs.] because my parents naughtly brought me up. Mir. for Mag.

Having little or nothing. [Obs.] [Men] that needy be and naughty, help them with thy goods. Piers Plowman.

stian Science and (2) hypnotism or psychotherapy. Its central principle is affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances, and his life by the adoption of a favorable mental attitude. AS a therapeutic doctrine it stands for silent and absent mental…

See Naught. Chaucer.

An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault. By storm and onslaught to proceed. Hudibras.

Own. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Aught.

The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness. [R.] N. W. Taylor.

Anywhere; somewhere. See Owher. [Obs.]

To surpass or outdo in laughing. Dryden.