stander by

One who stands by; a bystander, *9. A suit. "The lady commanded a standard of her own best apparel to be brought down, and Prudence is so fitted."Ben Jonson: New Inn. (Argum.) II. Technically : 1. Botany : The erect and expanded fifth or upper petal in a papilionaceous corolla. Called also Vexillum. (q. v.). 2. Carp .: A strut. 3. Coinage : The proportion of weight of fine metal and alloy established by authority. Standard gold is a mixture of metal containing 11 parts of pure gold, with one part of alloy- i . e ., 22 carats fine, with two carats of alloy. Standard silver is a mixed metal, containing 37 parts of pure silver, with three parts of alloy. 4. Hort.: A tree or shrub standing by itself, without being attached to any wall or support; also, a shrub, as a rose, grafted on an upright stem. 5. Husbandry : The sheth of a plow. 6. Mach .: A vertical principal post of a machine frame. *7. Old Arm .: A collar of mail, worn in the fif teenth century, for the protection of the neck of an armed soldier. 8. Ship build.: A knee-timber above deck, having one erect and one prone arm, bolted to the bitt, or other object, and to the deck and its beams. 9. Vehicles : An upright rising from the end of the bolster to hold the wagon-body laterally. B. As adjective : 1. Ord. Lang.: Having a permanent quality; capable of satisfying certain conditions fixed by a competent authority; fixed, settled; as, standard weight, standard measure, . 2. Hort.: Not trained on a wall; standing by itself; as, a standard pear-tree, a standard rose, . standard-bearer, subst . An officer of an army, company, or troop that bears a standard.