SHOAL
Shoal, v. i.
Defn: To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.
SHOAL
Shoal, v. t.
Defn: 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.
SHOALINESS
Shoal"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness.
SHOALING
Shoal"ing, a.
Defn: Becoming shallow gradually. "A shoaling estuary." Lyell.
SHOALY
Shoal"y, a.
Defn: Full of shoals, or shallow places.
The tossing vessel sailed on shoaly ground. Dryden.