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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.
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Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. Waller.
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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.
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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.
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Shoal, n. 1. A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.
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The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their span. Mortimer.
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Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory,
And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor. Shak.
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2. A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
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The god himself with ready trident stands,
And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands,
Then heaves them off the shoals. Dryden.
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Shoal, v. i. To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.
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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.
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