·noun Peninsula.
·noun ·see <<Demy>>, ·noun. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- A prefix, signifying half. ...
·noun ·see <<Isle>>, ·noun, 2. II. Island ·noun Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an i...
(Heb. i, "dry land," as opposed to water) occurs in its usual signification (Isa. 42:4, 10, 12, 15, ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
He drank out of the bottle till he saw the island; the island is the rising bottom of a wine bottle,...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
May be simply described as a tract of land entirely surrounded with water; but the whole continuous ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A work of sculpture of the above character. ·see Alto-rilievo. II. Demi-rilievo ·noun Half re...
·add. ·noun A small cup for, or of, black coffee. ...
·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...
In fortification, a bastion which has a flank on one side only. ...
An ancient name for a gun carrying a ball of 33 pounds weight, with a length of from 12 to 14 feet, ...
An ancient cannon which threw a ball of 9 pounds weight, was about 9 feet long, and 4 inches in diam...
In fortification, that form of retaining wall for the face of a rampart which is only carried up as ...
That which is protected from the violence of the sea by one or more islands or islets screening its ...
·noun A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note. ...
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...