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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- For names of actual isles, see the specific element of the name; for example, Wight, Isle of.
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Examples
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Quarries of the Isle of _Portland_ would just afford for that proportion, but not readily for the Artificers were forced sometimes to stay some Months for one necessary Stone to be raised for their
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Arthur Dimock
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The Red Star liner _Lancaster_, plying between Caracas and Southampton, had gone down with all hands the night before, just off the Isle of
Fantômas Pierre Souvestre 1894
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Next, he laid out a number of trunk lines, running through the country on both banks, to the very north of Caithness, and the very west of the Isle of
Biographies of Working Men Grant Allen 1873
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