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olio


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Olio  \O"li*o\,  n.  [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.