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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 , 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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