A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously. This medley of philosophy and war. Addison. Love is a medley of endearments, jars, Suspicions, reconcilements, wars. W. Walsh.
The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a mêlée. [Obs.] Holland.
A composition of passages detached from several different compositions; a potpourri.
A cloth of mixed colors. Fuller.
Mixed; of mixed material or color. [Obs.] "A medlè coat." Chaucer.
Mingled; confused. Dryden.
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