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A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. "Great shoals of people." Bacon. Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. Waller.

Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.

rowing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up.

en. xii. 30. Home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn. Chaucer. The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days. Hayward.

mise; solemn earnestness. Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage With solemn touches troubled thoughts. Milton. There reigned a solemn silence over all. Spenser.

A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme. Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit. Pope.

To scatter; to disperse; to rout. [Obs.] The king's host was sparbled and chased. Fabyan.

The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa).

re not fledged; but upon sprawling and struggling to get clear of the flame, down they tumbled. L'Estrange.

A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes.

A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.

sing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon. My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred. Shak.

A remora. It was fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them. Sylvester.

A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons.

Covered with stubble; stubbled.

To walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner. He stumbled up the dark avenue. Sir W. Scott.

written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree. So spake, so wished, much humbled Eve; but Fate Subscribed not. Milton.

mitted to them, and to report back again faithfully the success. Bacon. Perplexed and troubled at his bad success The tempter stood. Milton.

water; a superfluity of wealth. A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. Suckling.

ments when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death.