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k the position of on a plan; to delineate. This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth. Carew.

A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio. This fellow doth not stand upon points. Shak. [He] cared not for God or man a point. Spenser.

llery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal.

A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. "The filthy mantled pool beyond your cell." Shak.

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.

nts; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham. If [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity. Shak.

easured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force.

A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.

A place to stand upon; a locus standi; hence, a foundation or basis for operations.

of being precise; exact limitation; exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard; definiteness. I have left out the utmost precisions of fractions. Locke.

The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present.

That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.

cause these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1. [Obs. or Archaic]

To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard.

Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct. "Pride, not personal, but professional." Macaulay. "A professional sneerer." De Quincey.

The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.

Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase.

projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape. Like one that stands upon a promontory. Shak.

usive evidence; demonstration. I'll have some proof. Shak. It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases. Emerson.