Definition of shoal

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

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School :: School (n.) A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish..
Shoal :: Shoal (v. i.) To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals..
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..
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..
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass..
Shoaling :: Shoaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoa.
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow..
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..
Shoal :: Shoal (a.) Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring..
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..
Shallow :: Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
Bank :: Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland..
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..
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
Shoaling :: Shoaling (a.) Becoming shallow gradually.
Shole :: Shole (n.) See Shoal.
Conder :: Conder (n.) One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker.
Skull :: Skull (n.) A school, company, or shoal..
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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