ALOSE

v. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To praise. [Obs.]

2.
n.

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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