Is"land (?), v. t. 1. To
cause to become or to
resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle. Shelley.
2.
To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep. Southey.
Is"land (?), n. [OE.
iland, yland, AS. īgland, &?;gland,
&?;glond; īg, &?;g, island + land, lond, land. AS. īg, &?;g, is akin to AS. eá water, river, OHG.
&?;uwa, G. au meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. ö,
Goth. ahwa a stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with isle. Cf. Ait, Eyot, Ewer, Aquatic.]
1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.
2.
Anything regarded as
resembling an island; as, an island of ice.
3. (Zoöl.) See Isle, n.,
2.
Islands of the
blessed (Myth.),
islands supposed to lie in the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are
conveyed at death, and dwell in
everlasting joy.
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