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Rocks and Shoals

Rocks and Shoals proper noun: the Articles for the Government of the United States Navy.

Proper noun

Rocks and Shoals

  1. (US, historical, informal) The Articles for the Government of the United States Navy.

Origin of Rocks and Shoals

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".

Questions about Rocks and Shoals

What does Rocks and Shoals mean?
Rocks and Shoals means the Articles for the Government of the United States Navy.
What part of speech is Rocks and Shoals?
Rocks and Shoals is a proper noun.

Words near Rocks and Shoals in the dictionary

  1. rockrunner
  2. rockrunners
  3. rocks
  4. rocks along
  5. rocks and rolls
  6. Rocks and Shoals
  7. rocks for jocks
  8. rocks glass
  9. rocks glasses
  10. rocks in one's head
  11. rocks on

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