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English
Etymology
From Middle English standisshe, standys, standyshe, stantif, stantys, staundische, staundys, stauntyff, stauntys, stonndis, stontis, possibly equivalent to stand (noun or verb) + -ish (forms with -f may be substantival uses of Middle English stantif (“standing”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
standish (plural standishes)
- (obsolete) A stand to hold ink, pens, and other writing accessories; an inkstand.
1592, Thomas Nash[e], Pierce Penilesse His Supplication to the Deuill. , London: [John Charlewood for] Richard Ihones, , →OCLC; republished as J[ohn] Payne Collier, editor, Pierce Penniless’s Supplication to the Devil. , London: for the Shakespeare Society, 1842, →OCLC, page 30:An antiquarie is an honest man, for he had rather scrape a piece of copper out of the durt, than a crowne out of Plodion's standish.