standard gauge

A gauge for verifying the dimensions, or any particular dimension, of articles, or their component parts, which are made in large numbers, and required to be of uniform size. standard-knee, s. [STANDARD, 8., II. 8.] standard-piles, s. pl. Hydr.-eng.: Piles placed at regular intervals apart and connected by runners. stand'-ard, v . t . [STANDARD, 8.] (See extract.) "To standard gold or silver is to convert the gro weight of either metal, whose finene differs from the standard, into its equivalent weight of standard metal." -Bithell: Counting-House Dict. stand-ard-ize, v. t. [English standard; -ize.] To bring up to, or recognize as, a standard. stand-ēe, s. [Eng. stand; -ee.] A standing bed place in a steamboat, or standing room in a theater. (U. S. Colloq. ) *stand-el, *stand'-ell, s . [STAND.] 1. Ord. Lang.: A tree of long standing. "Care was taken for the preserving of the stand ells of beech."- Fuller: Worthies, Bucking hams hire. 2. Eng . Law : A young store oak-tree, twelve of which were to be left in every acre of wood at the felling thereof. tstand-el-wõrt, *stand-el-worte, stand'-erwõrt, s. [Eng. standel, and wort; cf. Ger. stendel wurz =spotted orchis.] Botany : Various Orchids, spec. Orchis mascul ( Britten & Holland . ) stand-er, s. [Eng.stand; -er.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. One who stands. *2. A tree that has long stood. "Were her antics play'd in the eye Of a you sand standers - by ." Words worth: Kitten and the Falling Leaves. *stander-up, s. One who takes a side. stand-er-gra , s. [Eng. stander , and gra .] Stan del wort (q. v.). (Beaum. & Flet .: Faithful Shepherde , ii. 2.) stand-er-wõrt, s . [STAN DEL WORT.] ( Prior .) stand-ing, *stand-and, *stand-yng, *stondyng, stond-ynge, pr . par ., a. & s. [STAND, v .] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) IMG:content-0189.png:[graphic] IMG:content-0190.jpg:[blocks in formation] "His standing bed and truckle bed."-Shakesp.: Merry Wives, iv. 5. 4. Established either by law or custom; con tinuously existing; not temporary. "The name of standing army was long held in abhor. rence." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. ii. 5. Lasting, permanent; not transitory; not fug i. tive; as, a standing color. 6. Stagnant; not flowing; as, standing water. 7. A term applied to a relatively stationary portion of an object which has several parts, one or more of them moving; as, the standing leaf of a hinge, that attached to the post; the standing part of a rope, the main portion around which the end is hitched; the standing pulley of a compound system, that attached to a permanent object. C. As substantive : 1. The act or state of being erect or upright; a being or becoming erect or upright. " Standing upright of the hair is caused, for that by the shutting of the pores of the skin, the hair that lieth aslope must needs rise." - Bacon : Nat . Hist ., § 713. 2. Position, place, stand. "Your cavalcade the fair spectators view, From their high standings , yet look up to you." Dryden: To His Sacred Majesty. 3. Continuance, duration, existence. "This tract of land is as old, and of as long a standing , as any upon the continent of Africa."-Woodward. 4. Po e ion of an office, position, character, or place. 5. Power to stand. ( Psalm xlix. 2.) 6. Condition or position in society; rank, reputation; as, a man of high standing . standing-army, s. [ARMY (f).] standing-block, s. IMG:content-0191.png:[blocks in formation] standing-orders, s. pl. [ORDER, 8., [.] standing-part, s. 1. ( Of a hook ): The part attached to a block or chain, by which power is brought to bear upon it. 2. ( Of a rope or tackle ): The part made fast to the object, in contradistinction to the fall or part pulled upon.