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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Shoaling, vbl. n. (17th c. Eng. showleing a place where the water becomes shallow (1644), e.m.E. also shoalding. Cf. Shauling vbl. n.) —c1641–54 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II 534.
A burn cuming throw a glen … called Keul-glen with good shoalings in it
