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noun

Shoal n. A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. "Great shoals of people." "Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides."

Shoal n.

A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow. "The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their span." "Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor."

A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal. "The god himself with ready trident stands, And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands, Then heaves them off the shoals."

verb

Shoal v. t. To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep.

Shoal v. i. (past & past part. shoaled; pres. part. shoaling) To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.

Shoal v. i. To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.

adjective

Shoal adj. Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.

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Etymology of 'Shoal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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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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