Standard

(standard.) That which is established as, a rule or model, by the authority of respectable opinions or by general consent. Thus, Add is on's writings furnish agood S. of pure, chaste, and elegant English composition. (Bot.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla. -(Com.) The original weight, measure, or coin, committed to the keeping of a magistrate, or deposited in some public place, to regulate, adjust, and try weights used by particular persons in traffic. The S. of gold coin is 22 parts of fine gold and 2 of alloy, in the pound troy. The S. of silver is 11 oz. 2dwts. of pure silver and 18 dwts. of alloy of copper. Whether gold or silver be above or below the S. is found by a aying, and the hydrostatical balance.-(Mil.) A flag or banner borne as a signal for the forming of troops into a body.-(Shipbuilding.) An inverted knee placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upwards from that which lies horizontally. [s. 851]