/ · 1894 Brewer’s · M · Monteith
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A scalloped basin to cool and wash glasses in; a sort of punch-bowl, made of silver or pewter, with a movable rim scalloped at the top; so called from its inventor.
“New things produce new names, and thus Monteith
Has by one vessel saved his name from death.”
King.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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