standish

noun

1. (obsolete)A stand to hold ink, pens, and other writing accessories; an inkstand.

   “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.”

   “[I]ndeed you muſt—deliver to Betty—or to me—your pen and ink. […] And ſo I gave my ſtandiſh to her.”

name

1. A small town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5610).
2. A small village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8008).
3. A place in the United States:
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9. A surname.