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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALOSE

A *lose ", v. t. Etym: [OE. aloser.]

 

Defn: To praise. [Obs. ]

 

ALOSE

A "lose, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. alosa or alausa.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

French Dictionary

alose

alose n. f. nom féminin Poisson voisin de la sardine. Note Technique Attention au genre féminin de ce nom: une alose. Prononciation Le o est fermé, [aloz ]