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alose |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alose \A*lose"\, v. t. [OE. aloser.] To praise. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alose \A"lose\, n. [F., fr L. alosa or alausa.] (Zo["o]l.) 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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