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Eyot

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ey⋅ot

  [ahy-uht, eyt]
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–noun British Dialect.
ait.

ait

  [eyt]
–noun British Dialect.
a small island, esp. in a river.
Also, eyot.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME eyt, OE ȳgett, dim. of ieg, īg island, c. MLG ō, ōge, ou(we), OHG ouwa, ON ey. See island
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eyot 
"small island," from M.E. eyt, from O.E. igeoð, dim. of eg, ig, ieg "island" (see island). Ending infl. by Fr. dim. suffix -ot.
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