ɪt noun Chiefly Dialect.
an ant.
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Emmet
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | (Brit) an archaic or dialect word for ant |
| 2. | dialect (Cornish) a tourist or holiday-maker |
| [Old English ǣmette | |
| Emmet (ˈɛmɪt) | |
| —n | |
| Robert. 1778--1803, Irish nationalist, executed for leading an uprising for Irish independence | |
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emmet
"ant," from O.E. æmete (see ant), surviving as a dial. word in parts of England; also, in Cornwall, a colloquial name for holiday tourists.
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