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a1350 Recipe Painting in (1844) 1 64 (MED) Ȝef thin asure is fin, tak gumme arabuk i-noh ant cast into a standys with cler watur vorte hit beo i-molten..ant sture ham togedere, ant..thenne writ.
1419–20 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 201 (MED) j Staundische with xxiiij cowntours.
1474–5 in H. J. F. Swayne (1896) 17 Et in j quartari paupiri & in j standisshe viijd.
1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas (1830) 131 Standisshes with weightes and scales iij.
1590 T. Lodge ⁋2 Reaching to her standish, she tooke penne and paper, and wrote a letter.
1607 F. Beaumont v. i. sig. H4 Secretary, fetch..the standish I answer French Letters with.
1688 R. Holme (1905) iii. xiv. 20/1 This fashion of Horne..is now converted into Lead, and hath the denomination of a standish: or of tyn and soe haue both Inke place, sand box, candlestick and a long box to lay wax, pens and knife in: all fixt togather, yet all but a standish.
1747 S. Richardson II. xxxii. 220 Away went the dear girl..carrying down with her my standish, and all its furniture, and a little parcel of pens beside.
1789 H. L. Piozzi II. 361 His..writing-table..was contrived..with a square hole for the standish to drop into and not spill the ink.
1841 C. Dickens x. 292 He wanted pen, ink, and paper. There was an old standish on the high mantel-shelf containing a dusty apology for all three.
1852 W. M. Thackeray II. x. 186 Pouring out his flame and his passion..pacing the room..twisting and breaking into bits the wax out of the stand-dish.
1864 11 June 801 When the veteran,..is about to lay his pen to rest in the standish.
1992 ‘J. Gash’ (1993) x. 69 He showed me a lovely rectangular standish, silver, with its inkwell and pounce pot absolutely unblemished.