olios

The Wendells proposed to offer their talents to the citizens of Centennial in two resplendent evenings: the first, a group of eleven scenes from Shakespeare, edited somewhat to fit the talents of the troupe; the second, a gala evening of olios, recitations, solos and imitations.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

The late refinements in knowledge, running parallel to those of diet in our nation, which among men of a judicious taste are dressed up in various compounds, consisting in soups and olios, fricassees and ragouts.

A Tale of a Tub Jonathan Swift 1706

Even in this series of olios, though, Laverne's death in 1967 strikes with genuine sadness.

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The soundtrack is a mix of circus music, Indian traditional music, Robyn Hitchcock's mildly annoying look-at-me pop, grand marching numbers and incomprehensible olios that are muted by closed doors and that fade in and out when the camera chases Hathaway around the house.

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Many of them are so highly seasoned, are such strange and heterogeneous compositions, meer olios and gallimawfreys, that they seem removed as far as possible from the intention of contributing to health; indeed the messes are so redundant and complex, that in regard to herbs, in No. 6, no less than ten are used, where we should now be content with two or three: and so the sallad, No. 76, consists of no less than 14 ingredients.

The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750