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- Shoal - n. - A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.
- Shoal - v. i. - To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.
- Shoal - a. - Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
- Shoal - n. - A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.
- Shoal - n. - A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
- Shoal - v. i. - To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.
- 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.
- Shoaled - imp. & p. p. - of Shoal
- Shoaliness - n. - The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness.
- Shoaling - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Shoal
- Shoaling - a. - Becoming shallow gradually.
- Shoaly - a. - Full of shoals, or shallow places.
- 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.
- Beacon - n. - A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
- Shoal - a. - Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
- 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.
- Scull - n. - A shoal of fish.
- Shoal - n. - A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.
- 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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