monteith

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/mɒnˈtiːθ/

Definition of monteith

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

A large 18th-century punchbowl, usually of silver, fluted and scalloped.

“In the taper-lit, perhaps pre-sixteeth-century room—a piece of Laughing and Triumphing needlework in the style of Rubens completely hid the walls—the capacious oval of the dinner-table, crowned by a monteith bowl filled with slipper-orchids, showed agreeably enough.”
“The Punch is a secret Receipt of the Landlord, including but not limited to peach brandy, locally distill’d Whiskey, and milk. A raft of long Icicles broken from the Eaves floats upon the pale contents of the great rustick Monteith.”

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noun

A large 18th-century punchbowl, usually of silver, fluted and scalloped.

“In the taper-lit, perhaps pre-sixteeth-century room—a piece of Laughing and Triumphing needlework in the style of Rubens completely hid the walls—the capacious oval of the dinner-table, crowned by a monteith bowl filled with slipper-orchids, showed agreeably enough.”
“The Punch is a secret Receipt of the Landlord, including but not limited to peach brandy, locally distill’d Whiskey, and milk. A raft of long Icicles broken from the Eaves floats upon the pale contents of the great rustick Monteith.”
(obsolete)A cotton handkerchief with white spots on a coloured background.

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From the Scottish surname Monteith.

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