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English Dictionary: Isle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isle
n
  1. a small island
    Synonym(s): isle, islet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isle \Isle\, n. [Obs.]
      See {Aisle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isle \Isle\, n. [OF. isle, F. [8c]le, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala.
      Cf. {Insulate}.]
      1. An island. [Poetic]
  
                     Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles. --Milton.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A spot within another of a different color, as
            upon the wings of some insects.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isle \Isle\, v. t.
      To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround
      or encompass; to island. [Poetic]
  
               Isled in sudden seas of light.               --Tennyson.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Isle, MN (city, FIPS 31472)
      Location: 46.14221 N, 93.46042 W
      Population (1990): 566 (408 housing units)
      Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56342
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