Alose
Alose ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Old English aloser.]
To praise. [Obsolete]
Alose ({not transcribed}) , noun
[French, from Latin alosa or alausa.]
(Zoology) 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.