Burt L., pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
Myles or Miles c1584–1656, American settler, born in England: military leader in Plymouth Colony.
1425–75; late Middle English; origin uncertain; perhaps stand + dish
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Montsurry bare, unbrac't, pulling Tamyra in by the haire; Frier; One bearing light, a standish, and paper, which sets a table.
From Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by Boas, Frederick S.
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)
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
Tis Dreadful cold, my ink glass in my standish is froze and splitt in my very stove.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
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.
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