MONTEITH , the name given to a large bowl, often made of silver, with a movable rim and scalloped edges, from which wine glasses, punch ladle, &c., could be hung, so that they might be cooled in the water with which it was filled. According to Anthony
Dictionary) the name was given to the bowl from a " fantastical Scot . . . Monsieur Monteigh who . . . wore the bottome of his cloake or coate so notched," i.e. scalloped.
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