Ait \Ait\, n. [AS. ?, ?, perh. dim. of [=i]eg, [=i]g, island. See Eyot.]

An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.

The ait where the osiers grew. --R. Hodges (1649).

Among green aits and meadows. --Dickens.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Ait \Ait\, n. Oat. [Scot.]

--Burns.

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Eyot \Ey"ot\ ([imac]"[o^]t or [=a]t), n. [Ey (AS. [=i]g or Icel. ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. [=i]geo[eth]. See Island, and cf. Ait.]

A little island in a river or lake. See Ait. [Written also ait, ayt, ey, eyet, and eyght.]

--Blackstone.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)