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Spit :: Spit (n.) A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand..

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

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..

Skull :: Skull (n.) A school, company, or shoal..

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..

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring..

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

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..

School :: School (n.) A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow..

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..

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