inkstandn.
/ˈɪŋkstand/, U.S. /ˈɪŋkˌstænd/ 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 inkpot.
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1773 London Chron. 7 Sept. 248/3 [In a list of articles made at Soho].
1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 43/2 The ink-stand was near Bollakey Doss: he dipt his seal on the cushion, and sealed the bond.
1801 G. Mason Suppl. to Johnson's Dict. Inkstand, an utensil for holding an ink-glass and appendages.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 128 It seems as if a spider had dropped into the ink-stand, and then crawled all over the paper.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. v. 108 An inkstand with no ink and the stump of one pen.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 69 Ink dries up quickly in a wide-mouthed ink~stand.
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