| Shoal (shoal) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Shoal |
| [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.
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To assemble in a multitude] to throng; as, the
fishes shoaled about the place.
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Having little depth;
shallow; as, shoal water.
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A
place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a
shallow.
A sandbank or bar which makes the water
shoal.
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To become shallow; as,
the color of the water shows where it shoals.
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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.
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