13 May 2018

eyot

[ahy-uh t, eyt]

noun, British Dialect.

1. ait (a small island, especially in a river)

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Examples from the Web for eyot

Historical Examples

My will is, that we two champions be all alone and afoot on the eyot.
Child Christopher
William Morris

Every one on the bank and eyot stopped to watch him—they knew him, he was training.
The Open Air
Richard Jefferies

With one accord they sprang overboard and swam for the nearest shore, that of the eyot.
Samba
Herbert Strang

Today’s quote

I never did intend to adjust to the evils of segregation and discrimination. I never did intend to adjust myself to religious bigotry. I never did intend to adjust myself to economic conditions that will take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few. I never did intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism, and the self-defeating effects of physical violence.

– Martin Luther King

On this day

13 May 1941 – birth of Richard Steven Valenzuela, otherwise known as Richie Valens. 1950s rock and roll star, famous for songs such as, ‘Come On, Let’s Go’, and ‘La Bamba. Died in a plane crash on 3 February 1959 with other musicians, Buddy Holly, J.P. ‘Big Bopper’ Richardson and the pilot, Roger Peterson. Their deaths were immortalised in the Don McLean song, ‘American Pie’, when he sang about the day the music died.

13 May 1981 – Pope John Paul II is injured in front of 2,000 people in St Peter’s Square after being shot by Turkish man, Mehmet Ali Agca.

13 May 1985 – Philadelphia Police drop two bombs on a house inhabited by black rights organisation, MOVE. The bombing results in a fire that destroys 65 neighbouring houses, killing 11 people (six adults including MOVE leader John Africa, and five children) and leaving more than 200 homeless. MOVE had previously been declared a terrorist organisation. Prior to the bombing, police had obtained arrest warrants for four members of MOVE, but when they attempted to execute the warrants, they claim a gunfight broke out which they used to justify using a helicopter to drop the bombs.