Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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.