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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Isle

Isle, n.

noun

(īl), n. [O. Fr. isle, N. Fr. île, Pr. & Sp. isla, It. isola, Lat. insula.] 1. An island. “Imperial rule of all the sea-girt isles.” Milton. Like ships that sailed for sunny isles, But never came to shore. T. K. Hervey.

  1. [Corrupted from aisle.] A passage in a church. See AISLE.
  2. (Entom.) A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects.

Īsle, v. t.

verbtransitive

(īl), v. t. To cause to become an island, or like an island; to make an island of, to surround or encompass.

Isled in sudden seas of light. My heart, pierced through with fierce delight, Bursts into blossom in his sight. Tennyson.