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em⋅met

  [em-it]
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–noun Chiefly Dialect.
an ant.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME emete, OE ǣmette ant
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Em⋅met

  [em-it]
–noun
1. Robert, 1778–1803, Irish patriot.
2. a male given name.
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em·met   (ěm'ĭt)   
n.   Archaic
An ant.

[Middle English emete, from Old English ǣmete.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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