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

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

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

The pen which I now take and brandish Has long lain useless in my standish.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace

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

On John Mill's retirement, his co-officials subscribed to present him with a silver standish.

From Tracks of a Rolling Stone by Coke, Henry J. (Henry John)