island

7 definitions found

island - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Island \Is"land\, n. [OE. iland, yland, AS. [imac]gland, ?gland,
     ?glond; [imac]g, ?g, island + land, lond, land. AS. [imac]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.]
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     1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a
        continent. Cf. Continent.
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     2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island
        of ice.
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     3. (Zool.) See Isle, n., 2.
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     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.
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  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.
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     2. To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island
        the deep. --Southey.
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island - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  island
      n 1: a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded
           by water
      2: a zone or area resembling an island

island - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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).

island - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Island, KY (city, FIPS 39700)
    Location: 37.44274 N, 87.14765 W
    Population (1990): 446 (199 housing units)
    Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 42350

island - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  ISLAND. A piece of land surrounded by water. 
       2. Islands are in the sea or in rivers. Those in the sea are either in 
  the open sea, or within the boundary of some country. 
       3. When new islands arise in the open sea, they belong to the first 
  occupant: but when they are newly formed so near the shore as to be within 
  the boundary of some state, they belong to that state. 
       4. Islands which arise in rivets when in the middle of the stream, 
  belong in equal parts to the riparian proprietors when they arise. mostly on 
  one side, they will belong to the riparian owners up to the middle of the 
  stream. Bract. lib. 2, c. 2; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2, s. 6; 2 Bl. 261; 1 Swift's 
  Dig. 111; Schult. Aq. R. 117; Woolr. on Waters: 38; 4 Pick. R. 268; Dougl. 
  R. 441; 10 Wend. 260; 14 S. & R. 1. For the law of Louisiana, see Civil 
  Code, art. 505, 507. 
       5. The doctrine of the common law on this subject, founded on reason, 
  seems to have been borrowed from the civil law. Vide Inst. 2, 1, 22; Dig. 
  41, 1, 7; Code, 7; 41, 1. 
  
  

island - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "island":
     aerodrome, air base, airdrome, airfield, airport, ait,
     archipelagian, archipelagic, archipelago, atoll, bar, cay,
     close off, continental island, coral head, coral island,
     coral reef, cut off, enisle, field, heliport, holm, insular,
     insularity, insulate, insulated, island group, island-dotted,
     islanded, islandish, islandlike, islandology, islandy, isle, islet,
     isleted, isolated, key, landing, landing field, oceanic island,
     port, reef, sandbank, sandbar, seagirt, segregate, separate,
     sequester