"inkstand" meaning in English

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          "text": "1765, Laurence Sterne, letter published in Original Letters of the Late Reverend Mr. Laurence Sterne, never before published, London: 1788, pp. 89-90,\n[…] 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 […]"
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          "ref": "1864, Eliza Leslie, chapter 1, in The Ladies’ Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners: or, Miss Leslie’s Behaviour Book, Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Bros, page 21",
          "text": "If you have no ink with you, the first time you go out, stop in at a stationer’s store, and buy a small sixpenny bottle that will stand steadily alone, and answer the purpose of an inkstand.",
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        "A small tray containing pens and an inkwell; (by extension) a pot for holding ink, inkpot, inkwell."
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          "tray",
          "tray"
        ],
        [
          "pen",
          "pen"
        ],
        [
          "inkwell",
          "inkwell"
        ],
        [
          "pot",
          "pot"
        ],
        [
          "ink",
          "ink"
        ],
        [
          "inkpot",
          "inkpot"
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        {
          "word": "inkhorn"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "dawāh",
          "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "دَوَاة"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
          "word": "kirjoitusteline"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Schreibzeug"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Tintenzeug"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "deiotah",
          "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
          "word": "דיותה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
          "word": "tintatartó"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "atramentarium"
        },
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          "code": "sat",
          "lang": "Santali",
          "roman": "doôt",
          "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
          "word": "ᱫᱳᱚᱛ"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
          "word": "escribanía"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "masibuḍḍi",
          "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
          "word": "మసిబుడ్డి"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "inkstand"
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  "etymology_text": "ink + stand",
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    {
      "word": "inkhorn"
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          "inkwell",
          "inkwell"
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          "pot",
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          "ink",
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dawāh",
      "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
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      "word": "دَوَاة"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
      "word": "kirjoitusteline"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schreibzeug"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tintenzeug"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "deiotah",
      "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
      "word": "דיותה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
      "word": "tintatartó"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "atramentarium"
    },
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      "code": "sat",
      "lang": "Santali",
      "roman": "doôt",
      "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
      "word": "ᱫᱳᱚᱛ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
      "word": "escribanía"
    },
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "masibuḍḍi",
      "sense": "Small tray containin pens and an inkwell",
      "word": "మసిబుడ్డి"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inkstand"
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