Definition of shoal

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Shoal (a.) Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water..

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Shoaliness :: Shoaliness (n.) The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness.
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..
Shoal :: Shoal (v. i.) To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals..
Shoal :: Shoal (v. i.) To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place..
Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring..
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow..
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
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..
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..
Shoaling :: Shoaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoa.
Shole :: Shole (n.) See Shoal.
Sea Chart :: Sea chart () A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated..
Shallow :: Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
Schooling :: Schooling (a.) Collecting or running in schools or shoals.
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..
Overfall :: Overfall (n.) A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong currents setting over submerged ridges; also, a dangerous submerged ridge or shoal..
Shoaly :: Shoaly (a.) Full of shoals, or shallow places..
Shoal :: Shoal (a.) Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water..
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..
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