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shoal(3) (iou)



shoal noun1. ME.
[from SHOAL adjective.]
An area of shallow water; a submerged sandbank, esp. one that is visible at low water; fig. a hidden danger or difficulty (usu. in pl.).
Yachting World Running aground is the result of..a mistake in assessing the depth of water over a shoal. London Review of Books The real shoals ahead lie in policy and in SDP/Liberal relations.
Comb.: shoal-mark a buoy or Other mark set to indicate a shoal.

insessorial (iou)



insessorial adjective. M19.
[from mod. Latin Insessores perchers pl. of late Latin insessor, agent-noun of insidere sit upon, formed as IN-2 + sedere sit: see -IAL.]
Ornithology. Adapted for perching.