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Shoal

noun
1.
A sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide.
2.
A stretch of shallow water.  Synonym: shallow.
3.
A large group of fish.  Synonym: school.
verb
(past & past part. shoaled; pres. part. shoaling)
1.
Make shallow.  Synonym: shallow.
2.
Become shallow.  Synonym: shallow.



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"Shoal" Quotes from Famous Books



... Black Shoal, to a certainty," the old sailor said; "and then, may God have mercy on ...
— Under Drake's Flag - A Tale of the Spanish Main • G. A. Henty

... turned, when lo! behind him, gaining fast, Cloanthus. On the leeward side he stole A narrower compass, grazing as he passed His rival's vessel and the sounding shoal, Then gained safe water, as he turned the goal. Grief fired young Gyas at the sight, and drew Tears from his eyes and anger from his soul. Careless alike of honour and his crew, Down from the lofty stern his timorous ...
— The Aeneid of Virgil - Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor • Virgil

... kept along the Vaigats shore, but now crossed over towards the south side of the strait. When about the middle of the channel I was startled by all at once seeing the bottom grow light under us, and had nearly run the boat on a shoal of which no one knew anything. There was scarcely more than two or three feet of water, and the current ran over it like a rapid river. Shoals and sunken rocks abound there on every hand, especially ...
— Farthest North - Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 • Fridtjof Nansen

... they could fully see the burning roundhouse. A moment later, chilled to the bone but with his mind cleared by the sharp plunge, Bucks felt his companion's arm drawing him toward the farther shore where, in the slack water of an elbow of the stream, Dancing led the way across a shoal of gravel and Bucks waded ...
— The Mountain Divide • Frank H. Spearman

... can't sink now," said Noddy philosophically, "but although the Curlew's stuck on the shoal I'm not stuck on ...
— The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code • John Henry Goldfrap, AKA Captain Wilbur Lawton


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