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Definition of Inkstand

1. Noun. A small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped.

2. Noun. A tray or stand for writing implements and containers for ink.

Definition of Inkstand

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

Definition of Inkstand

1. Noun. A small tray containing pens and an inkwell. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inkstand

1. an inkwell [n -S] - See also: inkwell

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inkstand

inknots inknotted inknotting inkoosi inkoosis inkosi inkosis inkpad inkpads inkpot

inkpots inks inkshed inkspot inkspots inkstand (current term) inkstands inkstone inkstones inkwell

inkwells inkwood inkwoods inky inky-black inky-cap mushroom inky cap inlace inlaced inlaces

Literary usage of Inkstand

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sand-hills of Jutland by Hans Christian Andersen (1860)
"The Pen and the inkstand. THE following remark was made in a poet's room, as the speaker looked at the inkstand that stood upon his table:— " It is ..."

2. A popular account of the ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1854)
"Their ordinary wooden inkstand was furnished with two or more cavities for ... Scribe with his inkstand upon the table. One pen is put behind his ear, ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1876)
"8 Cortlandt street, New York, again present to the trade a novelty in an inkstand numbered 636. It is of a beautiful design, and combines a pen-rack, ..."

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