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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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