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Shoal :: Shoal (v. i.) To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place..

Conder :: Conder (n.) One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker.

Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves..

Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars..

Shoaling :: Shoaling (a.) Becoming shallow gradually.

Shoaled :: Shoaled (imp. & p. p.) of Shoa.

Schooling :: Schooling (a.) Collecting or running in schools or shoals.

Flash :: Flash (n.) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal..

Scull :: Scull (n.) A shoal of fish.

Shoal :: 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..

Shoaliness :: Shoaliness (n.) The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness.

Buoy :: Buoy (n.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc..

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

Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.

Shun :: Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..

Light-ship :: Light-ship (n.) A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners..

Balker :: Balker (n.) A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer..

Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass..

Shoaling :: Shoaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoa.

Camel :: Camel (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted..

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