Shoals

name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of shoal form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of shoal form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town, the county seat of Martin County, Indiana, United States, located in Center Township and Halbert Township.
  2. 2
    A township and unincorporated community therein, in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.

Example

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"Methinks I am like a man, who having struck on many shoals, and having narrowly escap'd shipwreck in passing a small frith, has yet the temerity to put out to sea in the same leaky weather-beaten vessel, and even carries his ambition so far as to think of compassing the globe under these disadvantageous circumstances."

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