ait

[ eyt ]

/ eɪt /

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noun British Dialect.

a small island, especially a braid bar.

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Also ey·ot

[ahy-uht, eyt] /ˈaɪ ət, eɪt/ .

Origin of ait

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; see origin at island

Words nearby ait

Aisha, AISI, AISI steel, aisle, Aisne, ait, aitch, aitchbone, Aitken, Aius Locutius, Aix-en-Provence

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How to use ait in a sentence

At the time, the island had not yet been named after the delicacy, and went by the decidedly less fantastical Twickenham Ait.
The Isle Where the Rolling Stones Began|Nina Strochlic|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mouha, our charming guide, is from the Ait Atta and was born in a black goat-hair tent in the Saharan dunes.
On Foot in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco|Joanna Eede|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some, like the Ait Atta nomads, still migrate throughout the year.
On Foot in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco|Joanna Eede|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
L'adieu et le deuil se clost par l'occision des chiens ce que le mourant ait des avants-coureurs en l'autre monde.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various

C'est le livre le plus hardi et le plus terrible qui ait jamais parti dans aucun lieu du monde.
Baron d'Holbach|Max Pearson Cushing
Ja Dieu ne plaise qu'on die jamais que Bourbon ait fuyt devant ses ennemis.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
On the other hand, a double-flowered form is possibly in embryo, and before the next century closes the Cypripedium acaule Ait.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
Nihili stimo, ait ille tympanista, e pergamen factitius est.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|Laurence Sterne

British Dictionary definitions for ait

ait

eyot

/ (eɪt) /

noun

dialect an islet, esp in a river

Word Origin for ait

Old English ӯgett small island, from ieg island

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