† ink-standishn.
Obsolete.
An inkstand.
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c1730 R. Savage Author to be Let Pref. §7 Dick's pen, so often dipped in an ink-standish.
1757 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 508 In this same place was dug up an ink~standish, with some of the ink.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor v, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 66 She..seemed unable..to dip it in the massive silver ink-standish, which stood full before her.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. vii. 110 His lordship then desired me to hand him the paper and inkstandish.
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