Ō'li-o or Ōl'io, n.

n. [Sp. olla, Pg. olha, a round earthen pot, a dish of boiled or stewed meat; Sp. olla podrida, Pg. olha podrida, a dish composed of different sorts of meat boiled together, literally a rotten pot, from Lat. olla, a pot, dish. Cf. OGLIO, OLLA, and OLLA-PODRIDA.] 1. A dish of stewed meat. Besides a good olio, the dishes were trifling, hashed and con- / dited after their way, not at all fit for an English stomach. Evelyn.

2. A mixture; a medley. Dryden.
3. (Mus.) A collection of various pieces; a miscellany.