[a. Fr. alose:—L. alōsa, alausa.] A fish of the Herring family (Alosa communis), commonly called ALLICE, or Allice shad.
1591. Percivall, Sp. Dict., Alosa, an Alose or shad.
1620. Venner, Via Recta, iv. 75. The Allowes is taken in the same places that Sammon is.
1674. Ray, Catal. Fishes, 102. Alose: called in other places Shads.
1854. Badham, Halieut., 6. Greasy Alose sputtering from the Stall.
