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insulary, a. and n. Now rare or Obs.|ˈɪnsjʊlərɪ|
[ad. L. insulāris insular: see -ary2.]
A. adj. = insular.
1642Howell For. Trav. (Arb.) 46 Great Britaine having also most of Her trade intrinsique, with many other Insulary advantages. 1651Evelyn Char. Eng. Misc. (1805) 150 These are the natural effects of parity..insulary manners. 1716Chetwode Let. to Secretary Stanhope 29 June in Earl Stanhope Hist. Eng. II. p. lvi, This is a mean insulary spirit. 1799–1805S. Turner Anglo-Sax. I. iii. v. 195 Ethelbert.. at length succeeded to that insulary predominance among the Anglo-Saxon kings, which they called the Bretwalda.
B. n. An inhabitant of an island; an islander.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. ii. vii. 37 b, In al those Ilands..after the common opinion of the Insularies. 1718Ozell tr. Tournefort's Voy. I. 136 The Samians whose ships were painted red according to the old custom of the Insularies. 1861Sala in Temple Bar Mag. III. 157 You are not wholly an insulary. |