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.
© Webster 1913.