[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

not \not\, adv. oe. not, noht, nought, naught, the same word as
   e. naught. see naught.
   a word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or
   refusal.
   1913 webster

         not one word spake he more than was need. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

         thou shalt not steal.                    --ex. xx. 15.
   1913 webster

         thine eyes are upon me, and i am not.    --job vii. 8.
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         the question is, may i do it, or may i not do it? --bp.
                                                  sanderson.
   1913 webster

   not . . . but, or not but, only. obs. or colloq.
      --chaucer.
      1913 webster
see also:
naught not . . . but not but 

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