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157 words match “ISLE”

ISLE n. 4 definitions
See Aisle.
ISLET n. 2 definitions
A little island.
AISLE n. 3 definitions
Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.
AISLED a.
Furnished with an aisle or aisles.
AISLESS a.
Without an aisle.
CHISLEU n.
The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December.
CHISLEY a.
Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil. Gardner.
CISLEITHAN a.
On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian.
DISLEAL a.
Disloyal; perfidious. [Obs.] "Disleal knight." Spenser.
DISLEAVE v.
To deprive of leaves. [R.] The cankerworms that annually that disleaved the elms. Lowell.
ENISLED p.
ced alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island. [R.] "In the sea of life enisled." M. Arnold.
FRISLET n.
[Fraise a kind of defense; also Friz.) A kind of small ruffle. Halliwell.
GISLE n.
A pledge. [Obs.] Bp. Gibson.
GRISLED a.
See Grizzled.
INISLE v.
To form into an island; to surround. [Obs.] Drayton.
LISLE n.
A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures. Lisle glove, a fine summer glove, made of Lisle thread. -- Lisle lace, a fine handmade lace, made at Lisle. -- Lisle thread, a hard twisted cotton thread, originally produced at Lisle.
MISLE v. 2 definitions
To rain in very fine drops, like a thick mist; to mizzle.
MISLEAD v.
ead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive. Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you. Bacon. To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler. Milton.
MISLEADER n.
One who leads into error.
MISLEADING a.
Leading astray; delusive.
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