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Definition of Melees
1. melee [n] - See also: melee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melees
Literary usage of Melees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1912)
"The Cape mines furnish all the larger-sized diamonds and control the market for
them; but for the smaller stones (melees, as they are called in the trade) ..."
2. A General Biographical Dictionaryby John Gorton by John Gorton (1851)
"This last production appeared in the same year with his " Oeuvres melees," aud
was reprinted in 1700.—Moreri. Nouv. Diet. Hist. ..."
3. The Collected Works of Christian Fenger, M. D. 1840-1902 by Christian Fenger, Fenger memorial association (1912)
"Soumis au microscope, ce liquide se compose de petites cellules (leucocytes),
melees de globules de sang rouge. Dans le tissu du poumon, on trouve egalement ..."
4. The Queen's Hounds and Stag-hunting Recollections: With an Introduction on by Edward Burrows, Thomas Lister Ribblesdale (1897)
"Embalmed in the oral history of the school were noble legends of stand-up fights
and desperate melees, in which brave Harrow boys of the past had ..."
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