Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Island"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Island
(Heb. 'i, "dry land," as opposed to water) occurs in its usual
signification (Isa. 42:4, 10, 12, 15, comp. Jer. 47:4), but more
frequently simply denotes a maritime region or sea-coast (Isa.
20:6, R.V.," coastland;" 23:2, 6; Jer. 2:10; Ezek. 27:6, 7).
(See {CHITTIM}.) The shores of the Mediterranean are
called the "islands of the sea" (Isa. 11:11), or the "isles of
the Gentiles" (Gen. 10:5), and sometimes simply "isles" (Ps.
72:10); Ezek. 26:15, 18; 27:3, 35; Dan. 11:18).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Island \Is"land\, v. t.
1. To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an
island or islands of; to isle. --Shelley.
2. To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island
the deep. --Southey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Island \Is"land\, n. [OE. iland, yland, AS. [=i]gland, ?gland,
?glond; [=i]g, ?g, island + land, lond, land. AS. [=i]g, ?g,
is akin to AS. e['a] water, river, OHG. ?uwa, G. au meadow,
Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. ["o], Goth. ahwa a stream, water,
L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with isle. Cf.
{Ait}, {Eyot}, {Ewer}, {Aquatic}.]
1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a
continent. Cf. {Continent}.
2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island
of ice.
3. (Zo["o]l.) See {Isle}, n., 2.
{Islands of the blessed} (Myth.), islands supposed to lie in
the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are
conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
island
n 1: a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by
water
2: a zone or area resembling an island
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