Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ait"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ait \Ait\, n. [AS. ?, ?, perh. dim. of [=i]eg, [=i]g, island.
See {Eyot}.]
An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.
The ait where the osiers grew. --R. Hodges
(1649).
Among green aits and meadows. --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ait \Ait\, n.
Oat. [Scot.] --Burns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eyot \Ey"ot\ ([imac]"[o^]t or [=a]t), n. [Ey (AS. [=i]g or Icel.
ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. [=i]geo[eth]. 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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