SHALLOW (2)

shallow (2). Shallow, n. a shoal, shelf, sand bank, flat, ford

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Shal″low, n. 1. 1. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. Bacon. Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand. Dryden. 2. 2. (Zoöl.) The rudd.