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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

After she had been reading, perhaps an hour, she dipped a pen into the standish on her escritoir, and began to write slowly, as if weighing every word as it dropped from her pen.

From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

And so I gave my standish to her.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Richardson, Samuel

They are addressed to Lady Fanny, who had presented the poet with a standish, and two pens, one of steel and one of gold.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

In spite of which the long oak table that filled the middle of the chamber shone with use: so did the great metal standish which it bore. 

From Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France by Weyman, Stanley John

In spite of which the long oak table that filled the middle of the chamber shone with use: so did the great metal standish which it bore.

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.