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Webster 1913 Edition


Melee

‖

Mêˊlée′

(mā̍ˊlā̍′)
,
Noun.
[F., fr.
mêler
to mix. See
Meddle
,
Mell
, and cf.
Mellay
.]
1.
A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.