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rocks and shoals

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables
rock-s and shoals
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Articles for the Government of the United States Navy.

American usage; Informal

Etymology

From the language of Article 4, Section 10, which prescribed the death penalty for "any person in the naval service...[who] intentionally or willfully suffers any vessel of the Navy to be stranded, or run upon rocks or shoals".

Usage

Questions

What does rocks and shoals mean?
The Articles for the Government of the United States Navy.
Where does rocks and shoals come from?
From the language of Article 4, Section 10, which prescribed the death penalty for "any person in the naval service...[who] intentionally or willfully suffers any vessel of the Navy to be stranded, or run upon rocks or shoals".

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