isle

Noun
Synonyms: islet

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a small islandSynonyms: islet
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Isle \Isle\, n. [Obs.] See Aisle. [1913 Webster]
Isle \Isle\, n. [OF. isle, F. [^i]le, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala. Cf. Insulate.] [1913 Webster]

1.An island. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]

Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.(Zool.) A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects. [1913 Webster]

Isle \Isle\, v. t. To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]

Isled in sudden seas of light. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

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