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Merriam Webster'snoun Etymology: Middle English eyt, from Old English *?get, by-form of ?ggoth, igeoth, from ?g island — more at island Date: before 12th century Oxford Reference Dictionaryn. (also eyot) Brit. a small island, esp. in a river. Etymology: OE iggath etc. f. ieg ISLAND + dimin. suffix Webster's 1913 DictionaryAit 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. Webster's 1913 DictionaryAit Ait, n. Oat. [Scot.] --Burns. Webster's 1913 DictionaryEyot 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. Airports
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