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ait

 (āt)
n. Chiefly British
A small island.

[Middle English eit, from Old English īgeth, diminutive of īg, īeg, island; see island.]
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ait

(eɪt) or

eyot

n
dialect an islet, esp in a river
[Old English ӯgett small island, from ieg island]
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ait

(eɪt)

n. Brit.
a small island, esp. in a river.
[before 900; Middle English eyt, Old English ȳgett, diminutive of ieg, īg island. See island]
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eyot, ait - A small island in a river or lake is an eyot or ait.
See also related terms for lake.
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References in classic literature ?
Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls deified among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city.
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United Kingdom-based Circassia Pharmaceuticals has agreed to acquire the exclusive commercialisation rights for AIT Therapeutics' ventilator compatible nitric oxide product, AirNOvent, in the US and China, it was reported on Friday.
Using seasonal ingredients, chef Ait Ezzine will present flavoursome Moroccan dishes at Camelia, the all-day dining restaurant at Mandarin Oriental, Paris headed by chef Thierry Marx.
In a meeting of the National Finance Commission (NFC) on March 1, representatives of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa threw a spanner in the works when they declared that AIT was not a progressive tax.
It was agreed in a meeting held here during the visit of delegation consisting educationists from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand to the Higher Education Commission (HEC), a news release said on Thursday.