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Shoal
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. --Marryat.
ShoalShoal Shoal, n. [AS. scolu, sceolu, a company, multitude,
crowd, akin to OS. skola; probably originally, a division,
and akin to Icel. skilja to part, divide. See Skill, and
cf. School. of fishes.]
A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said
especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. ``Great shoals of
people.' --Bacon.
Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. --Waller. ShoalShoal Shoal, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shoaled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shoaling.]
To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled
about the place. --Chapman. ShoalShoal Shoal, a. [Cf. Shallow; or cf. G. scholle a clod,
glebe, OHG. scollo, scolla, prob. akin to E. shoal a
multitude.]
Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water. Shoal
Shoal Shoal, n.
1. A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc.,
is shallow; a shallow.
The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on
the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their
span. --Mortimer.
Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And
sounded all the depths and shoals of honor. --Shak.
2. A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
The god himself with ready trident stands, And opes
the deep, and spreads the moving sands, Then heaves
them off the shoals. --Dryden.
Shoal
Shoal Shoal, v. i.
To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it
shoals.
Meaning of Shoal from wikipedia
- In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a
shoal is a
natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that
consists of, or is
covered by, sand or
other unconsolidated...
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Scarborough Shoal, also
known as Bajo de
Masinloc ("Masinloc
shoal" in Spanish),
Huangyan Island (Mandarin Chinese: 黄岩岛; pinyin: Huáng Yán Dǎo; lit. 'yellow...
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Shoaling and
schooling In biology, any
group of fish that stay
together for
social reasons are
shoaling, and if the
group is
swimming in the same direction...
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Shoal Cr**** may
refer to:
Shoal Cr**** (Soque
River tributary), in the U.S.
state of
Georgia Shoal Cr**** (Illinois), a
tributary of the
Kaskaskia River...
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Second Thomas Shoal, also
known as
Ayungin Shoal (Filipino:
Buhanginan ng Ayungin, lit. 'sandbank of
silver perch'), Bãi Cỏ Mây (Vietnamese) and Rén'ài...
- The
Scarborough Shoal standoff is a
dispute between the
Philippines and the People's
Republic of
China over the
Scarborough Shoal.
Tensions began on April...
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hazard to shipping. Shoal,
shoals or
shoaling may also
refer to: The
Shoals, a
region in
northwest Alabama,
United States Shoals, Indiana, a town in the...
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Shoal Cr**** Club is an invitation-only
private golf club in the
southeastern United States,
located in
Shelby County, Alabama,
southeast of Birmingham...
- The
shoal b**** (Micropterus cataractae) is a
species of
freshwater fish in the
sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of
order Perciformes. One of the
black b****es...
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Shoal Lake is a
locality in the
southwest of Manitoba, Canada.
Originally incorporated as a town,
Shoal Lake
amalgamated with the
Rural Muni****lity of...
