Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ISL'AND, n. [i'land; This is an absurd compound of isle and land, that is, land-in-water-land, or ieland-land. There is no such legitimate word in English, and it is found only in books. The genuine word always used in discourse is our native word, Sax. ealond, D. G. eiland, or Eng. iland.]

1. A tract of land surrounded by water.
2. A large mass of floating ice, is called an island of ice.