Category:Isle

Isle, n. Etym: [Obs.]

Defn: See Aisle.

isle 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.)

Defn: A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects.

isle Isle, v. t.

Defn: To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island. [Poetic] Isled in sudden seas of light. Tennyson.