Standard

stand'ard, n. A flag, ensign, or banner around which men rally or which thev follow: with a flag or colors; that which is "established authority as a rule for the measurement of weight, quantity, extent, value, quality, etc.; a specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government; which is established as a rule or model; criterion; test. (Coinage.) Proportion of weight of fine and alloy established by authority. A standing or stem; a tree not dwarfed by grafting upon a stock of a smaller species; an upright support. (Bot.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corol. — a. Having a fixed or permanent value; not of the dwarf kind. Standing. Stand -point, etc. See under Stand.