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Inkstand

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small tray containing pens and an inkwell; (by extension) a pot for holding ink, inkpot, inkwell.

    "1765, Laurence Sterne, letter published in Original Letters of the Late Reverend Mr. Laurence Sterne, never before published, London: 1788, pp. 89-90, […] if I thought any thing I might hereafter write would be within their reach, I would throw the Manuscript that is now before me into the fire, and never dip my pen into my Ink-stand again […]"

  2. 2
    a tray or stand for writing implements and containers for ink wordnet
  3. 3
    a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped wordnet

Etymology

From ink + stand.

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