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ait

[ eyt ]

noun

, British Dialect.
  1. a small island, especially a braid bar.


ait

/ eɪt /

noun

  1. dialect.
    an islet, esp in a river
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ait1

First recorded before 900; Middle English eyt, Old English ȳgett, diminutive of ieg, īg “island,” cognate with Middle Low German ō, ōge, ou(we), Old High German ouwa, Old Norse ey; island
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ait1

Old English ӯgett small island, from ieg island
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Example Sentences

At the time, the island had not yet been named after the delicacy, and went by the decidedly less fantastical Twickenham Ait.

Mouha, our charming guide, is from the Ait Atta and was born in a black goat-hair tent in the Saharan dunes.

Some, like the Ait Atta nomads, still migrate throughout the year.

L'adieu et le deuil se clost par l'occision des chiens ce que le mourant ait des avants-coureurs en l'autre monde.

C'est le livre le plus hardi et le plus terrible qui ait jamais parti dans aucun lieu du monde.

Ja Dieu ne plaise qu'on die jamais que Bourbon ait fuyt devant ses ennemis.

On the other hand, a double-flowered form is possibly in embryo, and before the next century closes the Cypripedium acaule Ait.

Nihili stimo, ait ille tympanista, e pergamen factitius est.

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