OLLA-PODRIDA
Ol`la-po*dri"da, n. Etym: [Sp., lit., a rotten pot. See Olio.]
1. A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables.
2. Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an olio. B. Jonson.
OLOGY
Ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [See -logy.]
Defn: A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of
knowledge.
He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology, geology, mineralogy,
and all other ologies whatsoever. De Quincey.
OLPE
Ol"pe, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.
OLUSATRUM O*lu"sa*trum, n. Etym: [L. holusatrum, olusatrum; olus garden herb + ater black.] (Bot.)
Defn: An umbelliferous plant, the common Alexanders of Western Europe
(Smyrnium Olusatrum).
OLYMPIAD
O*lym"pi*ad, n. Etym: [L. olympias, -adis, Gr. olympiade.] (Greek
Antig.)