2 entries under this word

Island

Īsl'and, n.

noun

(īl'and), n. [O. Eng. iland, yland, A-S. ealand, igland, iegland, ig, Icel. ey and eyland, Dan. & Sw. ö, Ger. & D. eiland, compounded of A-S. eá, eáh, water, river, O. H. Ger. aha, ouwa, Goth. ahva, and land, q. v. The s is inserted by corruption, after the analogy of isle.]

Sense 1. A tract of land surrounded by water.

Sense 2. A large, floating mass, resembling an island; as, an island of ice.

Isl'and, v. t.

verbtransitive

(īl'ənd), v. t. To cause to become an island, as by surrounding with water; to make islands of; hence, to surround; to insulate; to isle.

A thousand streamlets strayed, And in their endless course Had intersected deep the stony soil, With labyrinthine channels islanding A thousand rocks. Southey.

No station is in view, Nor palm-grove, islanded amid the waste. Southey.