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alose
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alose \A*lose"\, v. t. [OE. aloser.] To praise. [Obs.]
Alose \A"lose\, n. [F., fr. L. alosa or alausa.] (Zo["o]l.) The European shad ( Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad ( Alosa sapidissima formerly Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A fish, the (vern European shad pedia=1) (''Alosa alosa''); the allice or allis. 2 The (vern American shad pedia=1) ((taxlink Alosa sapidissima species noshow=1)).
Usage examples of "alose".
I can guess how it alose before: the land was at first so vely, vely much more than enough for all, that the first men did not take the tlouble to make an allangement among themselves: and afterwards the habit of carelessness was confirmed.