Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Standish \Stand"ish\, n. [Stand + dish.]
   A stand, or case, for pen and ink.

         I bequeath to Dean Swift, Esq., my large silver
         standish.                                --Swift.

Source : WordNet®

Standish
     n : English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the
         early days of the Plymouth colony (1584-1656) [syn: {Miles
         Standish}, {Myles Standish}]