Definition of shoal

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

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School :: School (n.) A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish..
Sea Chart :: Sea chart () A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated..
Conder :: Conder (n.) One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker.
Shoal :: Shoal (v. i.) To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals..
Scull :: Scull (n.) A shoal of fish.
Shoaling :: Shoaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoa.
Overfall :: Overfall (n.) A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong currents setting over submerged ridges; also, a dangerous submerged ridge or shoal..
Shoaling :: Shoaling (a.) Becoming shallow gradually.
Shole :: Shole (n.) See Shoal.
Beacon :: 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 :: Shoal (a.) Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water..
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..
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..
Schooling :: Schooling (a.) Collecting or running in schools or shoals.
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass..
Shallow :: Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
Shoaled :: Shoaled (imp. & p. p.) of Shoa.
Flash :: Flash (n.) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal..
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..
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