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A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the guard itself.

permanently into a fixed part at one end and receive a nut upon the other; -- called also standing bolt.

To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages.

To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [R.] The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but his own, and that which he conceives like his own. Hazlitt.

Timber in standing trees, -- often sold without the land at a fixed price per tree or per stump, the stumps being counted when the land is cleared. [Local, U.S.] Only trees above a certain size are allowed to be cut by loggers buying stumpage from the owners of land. C. S. Sargent.

To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid. The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain. South.

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons. O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As to forsake the living God! Milton. With wild surprise, A moment stupid, motionless he stood. Thomson.

The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.

The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed; also, that which is so understood or supplied. Trench.

e, dignity, power, importance, or the like. It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding. South.

Of or pertaining to substitution; standing in the place of another; substituted. -- Sub`sti*tu"tion*al*ly, adv.

Capable of meeting obligations; responsible. The man is, notwithstanding, sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond. Shak.

ty of sulphur of a resinous appearance, obtained by pouring melted sulphur into water. On standing, it passes back into a brittle crystalline modification. -- Liver of sulphur. (Old Chem.) See Hepar. -- Sulphur acid. (Chem.) See Sulphacid. -- Sulphur alcohol. (Chem.) See Mercaptan. -- Sulphur auratum Etym: [L.] (Ol…

Hence, outward or external appearance. Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. V. Knox.

To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.

An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names a…

eing a symptom; indicating the existence of something else. Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper. Macaulay.

ot distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed; for wisdom and understanding are synonymous words here. Tillotson.

To receive into the mind or understanding. "Some bright genius can take in a long train of propositions." I. Watts. (h) To receive regularly, as a periodical work or newspaper; to take. [Eng.] -- To take in hand. See under Hand. -- To take in vain, to employ or utter as in an oath. "Thou shalt not take the name of the…

es. Blount. Craig. -- Tales de circumstantibus Etym: [L.], such, or the like, from those standing about.