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[See def.] Arch.: A stanchion (q. v.). stanch-er, staunch-er ( u silent), subst . [Eng. stanch;-er.] One who or that which stanches or stops the flow of blood. stăn-chi on, s . [O. Fr. est ançon, estanson (Fr. étançon ), dim in, from estance =a situation, a condition, a stanchion, from Low Lat. stantia a house, a chamber, from Lat. stans , pr. par. of sto =to stand.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. A prop, a support, a post, a pillar, a bean, or the like, used as a support, as a piece of timber supporting one of the main parts of a roof. 2. One of the vertical bars of a stall for cattle. II. Technically: 1. Mach .: A principal post of a frame; especially one giving lateral support. IMG:content-0184.png:[blocks in formation] In my most ill-composed affection, such A stanchle avarice."- Shakesp .: Macbeth , iv. 3. stanch-ne , staunch-ne ( u silent), subst. [Eng. stanch; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being stanch; sound, firm, or not leaky. "To try the stanchne of the phial."-Boyle: Works, iii. 184. 2. Firmne in principle; closene of adherence; constancy. *stăńck, *stăńk, a . [O. Fr. estanc ; Ital. stanco =tired, weary.] Tired, exhausted, faint. "Diggon, I am so stiffe and so stanck ." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar ; Sept. stand, *stond, *stonde (pa. t. *stod, *stode, stood , pa. par. * standen , * stonden , stood), v. i. & t [A. S. stand an , stonden (pa. t. stód , pa. par. standen); cogn. with Icel. stand a ; Goth.stand an; Dut. staan , pa. t. stond ; Dan. staae , pa. t. stod ; Sw. stå , pa.t.stod ; Ger. stehen , pa. t. stand ; Latin sto to stand; Sansc. sthá =to stand.] A. Intransitive : 1. To be stationary in an erect or upright position; to be set in an upright position; as- (1) Of men or beasts : To be upon the feet; opposed to lying, siting, or kneeling. "Thus stands she in a trembling ecstacy." (2) Of things : Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis , 295. (a) To be on end; to be set upright. "Look how you see a field of standing corn, When some strong wind in summer haps to blow." Drayton: Battle of Agin court . (b) To become erect. "Mute, and amaz'd, my hair with horror stood ; Fear shrunk my sinews and congeal'd my blood." Dryden: Virgil's Aneid , iii. 40. 2. To cease from progre or motion; not to proceed; to cease moving; to come to a stand or a state of rest; to pause, to stop, to halt. " Stand , ho! Speak the word along." -Shakesp .: Julius Cæsar , iv. 2. 3. To be, as regards situation or position; to be situated or located; to have a site or position. "My mouse doth stand by the church." --Shakespeare : Twelfth Night , iii. 1. 4. To continue or remain without ruin or injury; to continue to withstand or resist decay or injury; to last, to endure, to abide. (Of material things.) "Troy in our weakne stands , not in her strength." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , i. 3. 5. To continue, to endure, to abide. (Of immaterial things.) "Now doth my honor stand as firm as faith." Shakesp.: Merry Wives, iv. 4. 6. To maintain one's ground or position. (1) Not to yield or give way; to resist succe fully. "Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."- Ephesians vi. 11. (2) Not to fall or fail; to be acquitted or approved. "Readers, by whose judgment I would stand or fall, would not be such as are acquainted only with the French and Italian critics."- Add is on : Spectator . (3) To remain constant; to be fixed or constant. "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong."-1 Corinthians xvi. 13. (*4) To delay, to pause, to stop. "They will suspect they shall make but small progre , if, in the books they read, they must stand to examine and unravel every argument."- Locke. run. 7. To stagnate; to be stagnant; not to flow or "Cream and mantle like a standing pond." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, i. 1. 8. To maintain a fixed, firm, or steady attitude; to take up a fixed or firm position, as of opposition, resistance, or defense. "From enemies heav'n keep your majesty; And when they stand against you, may they fall." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt . 11. , iv. 4. 9. To remain or continue in the present state. "If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth ."-1 Corinthians viii. 13. marine; gō, pot, stand *10. To persevere, to persist. "Never stand in a lye when thou art accused, but ask pardon and make amends." -Taylor: Holy Living. 11. To be pertinacious, unyielding, particular, or obstinate. "To stand upon every point, and be curious in particulars, be long eth to the first author of the story."-2 Мас cabees, ii. 30. *12. To remain satisfied; to depend. "Though Page be a secure fool, and stand so firmly on his wife's frailty, yet I cannot put off my opinion so easHy."-Shakesp.: Merry Wives , ii. L. 13. To be in a particular state or condition; to be, to fare. "It stands well with him."- Shakesp .: Two Gentlemen, ii. 5. *14. To be or lie exposed or subject. "Have I lived to stand in the taunt of one that makes fritters of English?"-Shakesp.: Merry Wives of Windsor, v. 5. 15. To be consistent; to agree, to accord. "I pray thee, if it stands with honesty, Buy thou the cottage, pasture, and the flock." Shakesp.: As You Like It, ii. 4. 16. To be in the place of anything; to represent a thing; to be equivalent. "Their language, being scanty, had no words in it to stand for a you sand."-Locke. 17. To be valid; to continue in force; to have efficacy. "No conditions of our peace can stand ." Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . II . , iv. 1. 18. To be or be placed with regard to relative position, rank, or order. Mr.- got down with a fine put, and stood again one up."- Field , Sept. 25, 1886. 19. To measure, as from the top to the bottom, or from the head to the feet; as, He stood six feet high. 20. To become a candidate for an office or the like. 21. To hold a certain course, as a ship; to be directed toward any particular spot. "On the afternoon of the second of May he stood out to ch. v. 3829 (2) To represent; to be in the place of. "I stand here for him."--Shakesp.: Henry V. , ii. 4. (3) To offer one's self as a candidate. "Were he to stand for consul." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, ii. 1. (4) Naut.: To direct the course toward. 5. To stand from: Naut.: To direct the course away from. 6. To stand in: (1) To join in. (2) To cost; as, it stood me in ten shillings. (3) Naut .: To direct the course toward the land or a harbor. (With for before the object of the course.) 7. To stand in for : [6. (3).] *8. To stand in hand : To be conducive to one's interest; to be advantageous or serviceable. 9. To stand off : (1) To keep at a distance. (2) To refuse; not to comply. " Stand no more off ."-Shakesp.: All's Well , iv. 2. (3) To keep at a distance in friendship or social intercourse; to forbear intimacy. "Such behavior frights away friendship, and makes it stand off in dislike and aversion." -Collier : On Friendship. *(4) To appear prominent; to have relief. "Picture is best when it standeth of as if it were carved." - Wotton : Architecture. (5) To secure financial credit or accommodation. 10. To stand off and on : Naut.: To sail toward the land and then from it. 11. To stand on : [22.] 12. To stand one's ground: [GROUND, 8., 9.] 13. To stand out: (1) To project, to be prominent. "Their eyes stand out with fatne ."- Psalm lxxiii. 7. (2) To have relief, or be sharply defined. "All objects on the horizon stand out sharply against the sky."- Century Magazine , Aug., 1882, p. 505. (3) To persist in opposition or resistance; not to yield, comply, or give way. "Scarce can a good-natured man refuse a compliance with the solicitations of his company, and stand out B. Transitive : 1. To place or set in an erect position; to set up. 2. To endure, to sustain, to bear, to put up with; to be able to endure or meet; as, to stand cold, to stand expense. *3. To await; to abide by; to suffer; to stand by. "Bid him disband the legions, And stand the judgment of a Roman senate." Add is on: Cato , ii. 1. 4. To resist without yielding; to withstand. "None durst stand him; Here, there, and everywhere, enrag'd he flew." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . I., i. 1. 5. To be at the expense of; to pay for. ( Colloq .) "[He] asked us to stand him a drop of rum."-London Daily Telegraph. Stand with many adverbs a umes an idea of motion as previous to coming to rest or stop, or of a state caused by previous motion, and is almost equivalent to go, step, move, come; as, to stand aloof, to stand aside, to stand back. 1. To stand against: To oppose, to resist. "Stand against us like an enemy." 14. To stand to: *(1) To apply or set one's self to; to ply. "Stand to your tackles, mates, and stretch your oars." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid, v. 21. (2) To remain fixed in a purpose or opinion; to maintain. "I will stand to it, that this is his sense, as will appear from the design of his words."- Stilling fleet . (Todd.) *(3) To abide by, to adhere to, as to a contract, promise, . "As I have no reason to stand to the award of my enemies, so neither dare I trust the partiality of my friends." -Dryden. ( Todd .) (4) To be consistent, to accord, to tally; as, That does not stand to reason. *(5) Not to yield, not to fly; to maintain one's ground. IMG:content-0185.png:[blocks in formation] Naut.: To direct the course from the land; to put to sea. 17. To stand treat : To pay for entertainment or refreshment of one's companions or guests. 18. To stand trial : To sustain the trial or exam i "Margaret's curse is fall'n upon our heads, For standing by when Richard kill'd her son." Shakesp .: Richard III ., iii. 3. (b) To be placed, left, or set aside; to be neglected or disregarded. "We make all our addre es to the promises, hug and care them, and in the interim let the commands stand by neglected."-Decay of Piety. (2) With by as a preposition. ( a ) To support, to a ist; not to desert. "Now, brother Richard, will you stand by us?" Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . 111. , iv. 1. IMG:content-0186.png:[blocks in formation] *19. To stand under : (1) To undergo, to sustain. "If you unite in your complaints, And force them with a constancy, the cardinal Cannot stand under them." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., iii. 2. (2) To be subject. "None stands under more calumnious tongues." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., v. 1. 20. To stand up : (1) To rise from sitting; to rise to one's feet; to a ume an erect or standing position. "He stood up and spoke." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , v. 1. (2) To rise in order to gain notice. "When the accusers stood up , they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed."- Acts xxv. 18. (3) To rise in opposition or resistance; to rise to make a claim or declaration; to rise in arms. "We all stand up against the spirit of Cæsar." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, ii. 1. (4) To rise and stand on end; as, His hair stood up with fear. 21. To stand up against : To rise or place one's self in opposition to; to resist, to oppose. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0187.png:[blocks in formation] "Make the ears a little longer, then you begin to bog. gle: make the face yet narrower, and then you are at a stand."-Locke. 5. A place or post where one stands; a place convenient for persons to remain for any purpose; a station. "Some stand from off the earth beyond our sight." Spenser: Muso phil us. *6. Rank, post, station, standing. "Father, since your fortune did attain So high a stand , I mean not to descend." Daniel. ( Todd .) 7. A small table, frame, or piece of furniture on which an object is placed for support. "After supper a stand was brought in, with a bra ve el full of wine, of which he that pleased might drink; but no liquor was forced." -Dryden: Life of Cleomenes. 8. A young tree, usually reserved when the other trees are cut; a staddle; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, as distinguished from one produced from a scion set in a stock either of the same or another kind of tree. 9. A place or station in a town, where carriages, cabs, and the like, stand for hire; a standing. 10. A temporary or permanent erection or raised platform for spectators at open-air gatherings, as at races, cricket-matches, and the like. 11. The place where a witne stands to give evidence in court. *12. A beer-barrel standing on end. II. Technically: 1. Comm.: A weight of from 2% to 3 cwt. of pitch. 2. Microscopy: The table on which the object is placed to be viewed. IMG:content-0188.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Gas : The vertical pipe leading from the retort to the hydraulic main. 4. Fire-engine: A large metallic pipe erected before a burning structure for the purpose of pouring water on the fire, and minimizing the exposure of the firemen to danger. stand-point, s . A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which things are viewed, and in relation to which they are judged and compared. stand-rest, kind of stool which supports 3830 3. That which is established as a rule or model, by the authority of public opinion, or by respectable opinions, or by custom or general consent; that which serves as a test, gauge, or measure. "Labor alone, therefore, never varying in its own value, is alone the ultimate and real standard by which the value of all commodities can at all times and places be estimated and compared."- Smith : Wealth of Nations , bk. i., ch. v. 4. A certain degree of advancement, progre , proficiency, ., to which one must attain to meet cer position at a desk, an easel, .