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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ISLE
ILE, n. ile. [L. insula.]
1. A tract of land surrounded by water, or a detached portion of land embosomed in the ocean, in a lake or river.
The isles shall wait for his law. Isaiah 42.
2. A passage in a church. [See Aisle.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ile, isle, from Latin insula Date: 13th century island; especially islet 1 II. transitive verb (isled; isling) Date: circa 1576 1. to make an isle of 2. to place on or as if on an isle

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. poet. (and in place-names) an island or peninsula, esp. a small one. Etymology: ME ile f. OF ile f. L insula: later ME & OF isle after L

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Isle Isle, n. [Obs.] See Aisle.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(isles) An isle is an island; often used as part of an island's name, or in literary English. ...the Isle of Man. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Poetical.) Island.

Moby Thesaurus

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