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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

And so I gave my standish to her.

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

Then there was presented to him, by the Sultan's command, a standish of gold, a pen and paper.

From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by Valentine, L. (Laura)

A small goose-quill, yclep'd a pen,   From magazine of standish Drawn forth, 's more dreadful to the Dean,   Than any sword we brandish.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst

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.

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