isle, islet
(noun) a small island
Source: WordNet® 3.1
isle (plural isles)
A (small) island, compare with islet.
Obsolete form of aisle.
• %iles, Elis, Iles, Lise, Sile, iles, leis, lies, sile
Isle
A city in Minnesota.
A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the River Parrett.
A river in southwestern France, which flows into the Dordogne.
• %iles, Elis, Iles, Lise, Sile, iles, leis, lies, sile
Source: Wiktionary
Isle, n. Etym: [Obs.]
Definition: See Aisle.
Isle, n. Etym: [OF. isle, F. île, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala. Cf. Insulate.]
1. An island. [Poetic] Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles. Milton.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects.
Isle, v. t.
Definition: To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island. [Poetic] Isled in sudden seas of light. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 November 2024
(noun) a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast
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