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Of or pertaining to the island Scio (Chio or Chios). -- n.

A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated.

A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut.

The razorbill. [Orkney Islands]

A small uninhabited island.

Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.

ng, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.

e of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidæ, native of the islands of the Antarctic.seas.

a small, hardy breed of horses, with long mane and tail, which originated in the Shetland Islands; a sheltie.

One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction. Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas; Their song is death, and makes destruction please. Pope.

Of or pertaining to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean, on the east coast of Africa. -- n.

A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary.

A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound. The Sound of Denmark, where ships pay toll. Camden. Sound dues, tolls formerly imposed by D…

red and yellow apple, of medium size and spicy flavor. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island.

beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments. "A string of islands." Gibbon.

A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands.

determines the forms of coasts and harbors, the entrances of rivers, with the position of islands, rocks, and shoals, the depth of water, etc. -- Plane surveying. See under Plane, a. -- Topographical surveying, that branch of surveying which involves the process of ascertaining and representing upon a plane surface t…

pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also tabu.]

Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean. -- n.

wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; -- called also Vidonia.