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

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

The King laid the document on the table, where the standish was already, and with much show of courtesy, offered a pen to his prisoner.

From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah

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)

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.

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