Definition of shoal

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

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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..
Bank :: Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland..
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
Schooling :: Schooling (a.) Collecting or running in schools or shoals.
Shoaling :: Shoaling (a.) Becoming shallow gradually.
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass..
Shoaled :: Shoaled (imp. & p. p.) of Shoa.
Flat :: Flat (n.) A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a shallow; a strand..
Scull :: Scull (n.) A shoal of fish.
Shoal :: Shoal (a.) Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water..
Shole :: Shole (n.) See Shoal.
Shoaly :: Shoaly (a.) Full of shoals, or shallow places..
Sea Chart :: Sea chart () A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated..
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..
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..
Shoaling :: Shoaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoa.
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..
Shallow :: Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
Shoal :: Shoal (v. i.) To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals..
Overfall :: Overfall (n.) A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong currents setting over submerged ridges; also, a dangerous submerged ridge or shoal..
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