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Webster 1913 Edition
Olio
O′li-o
(ō′lĭ-ō̍ or ōl′yō̍)
, Noun.
[Sp.
olla
a round earthen pot, a dish of boiled or stewed meat, fr. L. olla
a pot, dish. Cf. Olla
, Olla-podrida
.] 1.
A dish of stewed meat of different kinds.
[Obs.]
Besides a good
olio
, the dishes were trifling. Evelyn.
2.
A mixture; a medley.
Dryden.
3.
(Mus.)
A collection of miscellaneous pieces.
Webster 1828 Edition
Olio
O'LIO
,Noun.
1.
A mixture; a medley.2.
A miscellany; a collection of various pieces; applied to musical collections.