Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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MEALIE, n.2 A mob, a riotous assembly. Chiefly in Heriot's Hospital slang (Edb. 1859 F. W. Bedford Hist. Heriot's Hospital 343, 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton 285).
[A nonce form of mellay, mêlée, a confusion, a rabble.]
