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   Island , 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.]
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   A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.
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   Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.
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   (Zool.) See Isle, n., 2.
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   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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   Island , v. t.
   To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.
   Shelley.
   
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   To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep.
   Southey.
   
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