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inkstand|ˈɪŋkstænd|
A stand for holding one or more ink-bottles or ink-glasses (often with a tray or rests for pens, etc.); sometimes applied to an inkspot.
1773Lond. Chron. 7 Sept. 248/3 [In a list of articles made at Soho]. 1776Trial Nundocomar 43/2 The ink-stand was near Bollakey Doss: he dipt his seal on the cushion, and sealed the bond. 1801Mason, Inkstand, an utensil for holding an ink-glass and appendages. 1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) vi. 116 It seems as if a spider had dropped into the ink-stand and then crawled all over the paper. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop v, An inkstand with no ink and the stump of one pen. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 69 Ink dries up quickly in a wide-mouthed ink⁓stand. |