Look up: melee

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   melee
   [n] - a noisy riotous fight
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   Mêlée
   Mê`lée' noun A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group retains his plume; -- sometimes called Balaklava mêlée .
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   Mêlée
   Mê`lée' (ma`la') noun [ French, from mêler to mix. See Meddle , Mell , and confer Mellay .] A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.
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   melee
   scrimmage noun a noisy riotous fight
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   Melee
   `Melee` (from the French, .) generally refers to disorganized close combat involving a group of fighters. A melee ensues when groups become locked together in combat with no regard to group tactics or fighting as an organized unit; each participant fights as an individual.
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   Melee
   • (n.) A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray. • (n.) A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group retains his plume; -- sometimes called Balaklava melee.Melee: w...
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   melee
   (from the article `diamond cutting`) ...brilliant or single cuts is called a fancy cut, or fancy shape; important fancy cuts include the marquise, emerald, oval, baguette, heart shape, ...
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   mêlée
   (from the article `tournament`) The early tournament was a mock battle between two bodies of armed horsemen and was called the mêlée. (This term is also applied to a predecessor of ... western European mock battle between two horsemen charging each other with levelled lances, each attempting to unhorse the other. Early medi...
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   mêlée
   ancient and medieval game, a predecessor of modern football (soccer), in which a round or oval object, usually the inflated bladder of an animal, was ... [1 related articles]
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