DCHP-1 Online
olallie olellie, olilie, ollala, ollallie, etc. < Chinook Jargon "berry" 
1 n. any of several berries, especially the salmonberry.
See also: salmonberry soapolallie (def. 1)
- 1855 (1956) . . . his bark platter [was] filled top heavy with the most delicious melange of bear's grease, dog's flesh, wappatoes, olellies, amutes, and a profusion of other viands, roots and berries.
- 1863 Their food is principally fish, and bread made from a species of berries and moss, which they term Olally sapolel, signifying berry bread.
- 1915 How he calculated to feed two with the one basket of o-lil-ies (berries) . . . did not seem to worry the community, as such things were taking place every day . . . and the klootchman always seemed to survive the ordeal.
- 1954 Olallie juice was given a baby after he was weaned, and wild-strawberry leaves dried and powdered was an effective remedy for his sore mouth.
2 n. the bush such berries grow on. Also olallie bush.
- 1922 . . . the ollallie bushes were heavy with blossom
- 1925 The Service-berry or June-berry . . . is called Saskatoon . . . and I have heard it alluded to as the Oolalie in this Province [B.C.].
- 1948 . . . the snake fences [are] half hidden by wild rose, hawthorn and ollala.
- 1855 (1956) . . . his bark platter [was] filled top heavy with the most delicious melange of bear's grease, dog's flesh, wappatoes, olellies, amutes, and a profusion of other viands, roots and berries.