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ait

[eyt]

ait

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


Origin:
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 island
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ait or eyot (eɪt)
 
n
dialect an islet, esp in a river
 
[Old English ӯgett small island, from iegisland]
 
eyot or eyot
 
n
 
[Old English ӯgett small island, from iegisland]

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
AIT
  1. assembly, integration, and test

  2. atomic international time

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