Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nothing \Noth"ing\, adv.
   In no degree; not at all; in no wise.

         Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed.  --Milton.

         The influence of reason in producing our passions is
         nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed.
                                                  --Burke.

   {Nothing off} (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the
      vessel close to the wind.