Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alose \A*lose"\, v. t. [OE. aloser.]
To praise. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alose \A"lose\, n. [F., fr. L. alosa or alausa.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European shad ({Clupea alosa}); -- called also {allice
shad} or {allis shad}. The name is sometimes applied to the
American shad ({Clupea sapidissima}). See {Shad}.
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