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Definition of Mellay
1. n. A mêlée; a conflict.
Definition of Mellay
1. Noun. (obsolete form of melee) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mellay
1. melee [n -S] - See also: melee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mellay
Literary usage of Mellay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... and spake : " Alone against Achilles move not forth ; But from the midmost
mellay, in the crowd, Await his charge ; lest haply with his spear He smite ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"De mellay resolved to place the duellists as far apart as possible, ...
Carcassonne and de mellay exchanged a word or two, and advanced towards ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1848)
"Carcassonne and de mellay exchanged a word or two, and advanced towards ...
With a cry of horror, de mellay and Carcassonne threw themselves before the ..."
4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"mellay hew, mixed colour, id. " The price lilting of the stane of ... V. 24%
mellay noul, mixed wool, ibid. Fr. melee, id. It seems to be the same article ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"See mela-rosa. mellay, ». See melley. mell-doll (mel'dol), ». An image of corn,
... Here and everywhere Be rode the mellay, lord of the ringing list«. ..."
6. Homer and the Epic by Andrew Lang (1893)
"The mellay continues, Ares leading the Trojans (592), and Diomede shudders at
sight of the gods ... The mellay goes on ; the Trojans have the worst of it. ..."
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