allice, allis Zool.
(ˈælɪs)
Also 7 allowes.
[a. Fr. alose:—L. alōsa, alausa, the shad.]
A fish of the Herring family, more commonly called the allice-shad (Alosa communis) found in the Severn.
| 1620 Venner Via Recta iv. 75 The Allowes is taken in the same places that Sammon is. 1777 Pennant Brit. Zool. (1812) III. 463 The Severn Shad is sometimes caught in the Thames, though rarely, and called Allis (no doubt Alose, the French name) by the fishermen. 1882 Standard 2 Mar. 2/8 The Allice shad is an excellent fish, and attains to a weight of four or five pounds. |