Rocks and Shoals

proper noun

The Articles for the Government of the United States Navy.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. UShistoricalinformalgovernmentThe Articles for the Government of the United States Navy.

Origin

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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Rocks and Shoals. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rocks%20and%20Shoals

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“Rocks and Shoals.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rocks%20and%20Shoals. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rocks and Shoals,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rocks%20and%20Shoals.

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