Mon*teith" (?), n. A kind of cotton handkerchief having a uniform colored ground with a regular pattern of white spots produced by discharging the color; -- so called from the Glasgow manufactures.

Mon*teith" (?), n. See Monteth.

{ Mon*teth" (?), Mon*teith" (?) }, n. A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor.

New things produce new words, and thus Monteth
Has by one vessel saved his name from death.

Mon*teith" (?), n. A kind of cotton handkerchief having a uniform colored ground with a regular pattern of white spots produced by discharging the color; -- so called from the Glasgow manufactures.

• an ornate punch-bowl with a scalloped rim
       *1997: 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. — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
  
• (obsolete) a cotton handkerchief with white spots on a coloured background