isle

6 definitions found

isle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Isle \Isle\, n. [Obs.]
     See Aisle.
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  Isle \Isle\, n. [OF. isle, F. [^i]le, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala.
     Cf. Insulate.]
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     1. An island. [Poetic]
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              Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles. --Milton.
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     2. (Zool.) A spot within another of a different color, as
        upon the wings of some insects.
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  Isle \Isle\, v. t.
     To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround
     or encompass; to island. [Poetic]
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           Isled in sudden seas of light.           --Tennyson.
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isle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  isle
      n 1: a small island [syn: isle, islet]

isle - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Isle, MN (city, FIPS 31472)
    Location: 46.14221 N, 93.46042 W
    Population (1990): 566 (408 housing units)
    Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 56342

isle - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "isle":
     ait, archipelago, atoll, bar, cay, continental island, coral head,
     coral island, coral reef, holm, insularity, island, island group,
     islandology, islet, key, oceanic island, reef, sandbank, sandbar