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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

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

Here is another letter of Niccolini that has lain in my standish this fortnight.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter

He prays in his household night and morning, and never went abroad, though but for one night, but he took his write-book, standish, and English New Bible, and Newman's Concordance with him.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

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

Audrey came back to the present with a start, took up a pen, and drew the standish nearer.

From Audrey by Johnston, Mary