inkstand

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inkstand

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From ink + stand.

noun inkstands

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

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noun Small tray containing pens and an inkwell

Español	escribanía
Deutsch	Schreibzeug, Tintenzeug
العربية	دَوَاة dawāh
עברית	דיותה deiotah

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@misc{inkstand_2026,
  title = {inkstand},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inkstand},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}