GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Ait (), n. [AS. , , perh. dim. of īeg, īg, island. See Eyot.] An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.

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    The ait where the osiers grew. R. Hodges (1649).

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    Among green aits and meadows. Dickens.

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    Ait (), n. Oat. [Scot.]  Burns.

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    Eyot (īˈŏt or āt), n. [Ey (AS. īg or Icel. ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. īgeoð.  See Island, and cf. Ait.] A little island in a river or lake. See Ait. [Written also ait, ayt, ey, eyet, and eyght.]  Blackstone.

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