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• standish
  standish

  noun

  a stand for ink, pens, and other writing materials.
• Standish
  Standish

  noun

  Burt L., pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.

standish

¹ American  

[stan-dish] / ˈstæn dɪʃ /

noun

Archaic.

1. a stand for ink, pens, and other writing materials.

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Standish ² American  

[stan-dish] / ˈstæn dɪʃ /

noun

1. Burt L., pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.

2. Myles or Miles c1584–1656, American settler, born in England: military leader in Plymouth Colony.

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Standish ¹ British  

/ ˈstændɪʃ /

noun

1. Myles (or Miles ). ?1584–1656, English military leader of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, New England

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standish ² British  

/ ˈstændɪʃ /

noun

1. a stand, usually of metal, for pens, ink bottles, etc

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Etymology

Origin of standish

1425–75; late Middle English; origin uncertain; perhaps stand + dish

Example Sentences

Little Shaker work-baskets, elegantly fitted up; scent-bottles; a carved wood letter-holder at Goupil's; a bronze standish representing a country well with pole and bucket.

From The House in Town by Warner, Susan

Delany sends a silver standish, When I no more a pen can brandish.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 by Browning, William Ernst

He took the standish, folded some paper, wrote, blotted, and tore many sheets, bit his lips, struck his forehead, and acted a thousand extravagances.

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana

My silver standish was placed upon it; a quire of gilt paper was before me.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children by Lamb, Mary

The King laid the document on the table, where the standish was already, and with much show of courtesy, offered a pen to his prisoner.

From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah