| Sea-island |
Of or pertaining to certain islands along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia; as, sea-island cotton, a superior cotton of long fiber produced on those islands. |
a. |
| Demi- |
A prefix, signifying half. |
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| Demi |
See Demy, n. |
n. |
| Demi-rilievo |
Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness. |
n. |
| Demi-rilievo |
A work of sculpture of the above character. See Alto-rilievo. |
n. |
| Hemi-demi-semiquaver |
A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note. |
n. |
| Island |
A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent. |
n. |
| Island |
Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice. |
n. |
| Island |
See Isle, n., 2. |
n. |
| Island |
To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle. |
v. t. |
| Island |
To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep. |
v. t. |