Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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MENTEITH, n. In phr. †a fause Menteith, an appearance of the sky which seems to promise fine weather, but in reality heralds the approach of bad weather (Kcd. a.1838 Jam. MSS. X. 197).
[From Sir John Menteith, traditionally the fause Menteith, who betrayed Wallace to the English in 1305.]
