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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.

The letter h or H.

The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone. [Spelt also edgebone.]

See Ætiology.

A chief or transcendent traitor. I. Watts.

Expert; skillful; well instructed.

To wait on, serve, or attend. [Obs.]

A light or hasty luncheon. Bait bug (Zoöl), a crustacean of the genus Hippa found burrowing in sandy beaches. See Anomura.

One who baits; a tormentor.

A rough diamond.

See Caddice.

Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable. Arnold had sped his caitiff flight. W. Irving.

A mineral. See Turquoise.

f certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, esp. A. paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix.

To wait or watch for; to be on guard against. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.

Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.

One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.

belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth. Faith, that is, fidelity, -- the fealty of the finite will and understanding to the reason. Coleridge.