isle

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

isle, n. [Obs.].

 See Aisle.  [1913 Webster]

isle, n. [OF. isle, F. île, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala. Cf. Insulate.].

•  An island.  [1913 Webster]

  "Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles."  [1913 Webster]
•  A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects.  [1913 Webster]

isle, v. t. 

 To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island.  [1913 Webster]
"Isled in sudden seas of light."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

isle, 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

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

isle

Island

N island, isle, islet, eyot, ait, holf, reef, atoll, breaker, archipelago, islander, insular, seagirt, archipelagic, Fluids in Motion.