Definition of "eyot" [ey•ot]

• A little island, especially in a river or lake. (noun)

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• "The reach opposite and including the eyot is the sole piece of the natural"
• "For the eyot indeed she loved, and deemed it her own, since never had her evil dream, the witch, set foot thereon."
• "And it was a windless dawn after a hot night, and a light mist lay upon the face of the water, and above it rose the greenery of the eyot."