Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Isle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Isle \Isle\, n. [Obs.]
See {Aisle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Isle \Isle\, n. [OF. isle, F. [^i]le, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala.
Cf. {Insulate}.]
1. An island. [Poetic]
Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles. --Milton.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A spot within another of a different color, as
upon the wings of some insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Isle \Isle\, v. t.
To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround
or encompass; to island. [Poetic]
Isled in sudden seas of light. --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
isle
n : a small island [syn: {islet}]
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