"Shoaly" Quotes from Famous Books
... — N. shallowness &c adj.; shoals; mere scratch. Adj. shallow, slight, superficial; skin deep, ankle deep, knee deep; just enough to wet one's feet; shoal, shoaly^. ... — Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... reached the shoaly inlet under the flower-laden beech. They felt a coolness from the shady overgrowth penetrate their very bones. The decaying vegetation and the withered aquatic chestnut plants on the sand-bank enhanced, to a greater degree, the ... — Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin |