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Tambour :: Tambour (n.) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery..

Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning..

Bank :: Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland..

Saucer :: Saucer (n.) A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships..

Plate :: Plate (n.) A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table..

Toadfish :: Toadfish (n.) Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo..

Shim :: Shim (n.) A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds..

Acetabuliform :: Acetabuliform (a.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx..

Zither :: Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.].

Platter :: Platter (n.) A large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is brought to the table.

Setter :: Setter (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.

Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

Emargination :: Emargination (n.) The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin..

Shallow :: Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.

Oyster :: Oyster (n.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species..

Shoaly :: Shoaly (a.) Full of shoals, or shallow places..

Shelf :: Shelf (v. i.) A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships..

Flasket :: Flasket (n.) A long, shallow basket, with two handles..

Bedpan :: Bedpan (n.) A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed..

Superficialist :: Superficial (a.) Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge..

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