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Shallow \Shal"low\, n.
1. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a
shoal; a flat; a shelf.
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A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon
shallows of gravel. --Bacon.
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Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand. --Dryden.
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2. (Zool.) The rudd. [Prov. Eng.]
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Shallow \Shal"low\, v. t.
To make shallow. --Sir T. Browne.
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Shallow \Shal"low\, v. i.
To become shallow, as water.
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Shallow \Shal"low\, a. [Compar. {Shallower}; superl.
{Shallowest}.] [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or
shelving; cf. Icel. skj[=a]lgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D.
& G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. {Shelve} to slope, {Shoal}
shallow.]
1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. "Shallow brooks, and
rivers wide." --Milton.
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2. Not deep in tone. [R.]
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The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring.
--Bacon.
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3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating
deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant;
superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.
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The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill
advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the
French king. --Bacon.
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Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself.
--Milton.
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Rudd \Rudd\, n. [See {Rud}, n.] (Zool.)
A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus
erythrophthalmus}). It is about the size and shape of the
roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter
body, and red irises. Called also {redeye}, {roud},
{finscale}, and {shallow}. A blue variety is called
{azurine}, or {blue roach}.
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