Ait (&unr_;), n. [AS. &unr_;, &unr_;, perh. dim. of īeg, īg, island. See Eyot.] An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.
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The ait where the osiers grew. R. Hodges (1649).
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Among green aits and meadows. Dickens.
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