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A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects.

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  1. n. A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects.
  2. a. Miscellaneous; heterogeneous.
  3. n. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
  4. n. an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
  5. A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects. 'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual. Hewyt. Miscellany madam, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. [Obs.] Bacon.
  6. A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., acollection of compositions on various subjects.'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sinsactual. Hewyt.Miscellany madam, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner.[Obs.] B. Jonson.
  7. n:100 n a collection containing a variety of sorts of things n an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.