INSULATE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To make an island of. [Obs.] Pennant.

2.
v.

To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate.

3.
v.

To prevent the transfer o Insulating stool (Elec.), a stool with legs of glass or some other nonconductor of electricity, used for insulating a person or any object placed upon it.


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