Category:Olio

O"li*o, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: a collection of miscellaneous pieces.