He drank out of the bottle till he saw the island; the island is the rising bottom of a wine bottle, which appears like an island in the centre, before the bottle is quite empty.
·noun ·see <<Isle>>, ·noun, 2. II. Island ·noun Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an i...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(Heb. i, "dry land," as opposed to water) occurs in its usual signification (Isa. 42:4, 10, 12, 15, ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
May be simply described as a tract of land entirely surrounded with water; but the whole continuous ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun <<Peninsula>>. ...
·adj Of or pertaining to certain islands along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia; as, sea-isla...
An alley leading from St. Martin's church-yard to Round-court, chiefly inhabited by cooks, who cut o...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
That which is protected from the violence of the sea by one or more islands or islets screening its ...
n. See pine. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
A name given to a great quantity of ice collected into one solid mass and floating upon the sea; the...