What's the difference between inkstand and standish?

Inkstand


Definition:

  • (n.) A small vessel for holding ink, to dip the pen into; also, a device for holding ink and writing materials.

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Standish


Definition:

  • (n.) A stand, or case, for pen and ink.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This is the first fundamentally new method of multilamellar vesicle preparation since Bangham's report in 1965 (Bangham, A.D., Standish, M.M.
  • (2) Opposition is weaker in Michigan than elsewhere, partly because the Standish maximum-security prison, which can hold 600, is due to close this autumn as part of the state's cost-cutting.
  • (3) In the US, purchases by the company in recent years include the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on New York’s Central Park and the Standish Hotel, a 1903 building in Brooklyn.

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