Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoalest
Literary usage of Shoalest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"... 15, 17, 14, 6, and 4 fathoms, which is the shoalest water on the rip: then
standing cast, ... there are not less than 4 fathoms on the shoalest part. ..."
2. Pacific Coast: Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory by George Davidson (1869)
"From the shoalest part the Presidio flag-staff bears south half east, and we have
ventured to distinguish the shoal by that name. ..."
3. The China Sea Directory by Great Britain Hydrographic Dept, John William Reed, John William King (1867)
"The channel is bounded by narrow banks extending in a NW by W. and SE by E.
direction, and all partaking of the same formation (sand) in their shoalest ..."
4. A Directory for the North Atlantic Ocean, Comprising Instructions, General by Alexander George Findlay (1895)
"The shoalest part has a depth of 12 ft. over it at low water, in lat. 41° 39'
45" N., ... W. i S., distant 27 miles, from the shoalest part of George Shoal. ..."
5. The India directory, for the guidance of commanders of steamers and sailing by Alfred Dundas Taylor, James Horsburgh (1874)
"Wara Rocks always break, having only 3ft. ou their shoalest part, ... The shoalest
part of the N. patch, with only 3 ft. on it, is the spot on which the P. ..."
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