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n an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc. "I pray you all, stand up!" Shak.

One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant use or in an emergency.

A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine.

a national or other ensign. His armies, in the following day, On those fair plains their standards proud display. Fairfax.

Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders. [U. S.]

A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.

To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.

A young tree, especially one reserved when others are cut. [Obs.] Fuller.

One who stands.

One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.

See Legislature, above.

A plant (Orchis mascula); -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long.

See Stannel. [Prov. Eng.]

Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.

A stand, or case, for pen and ink. I bequeath to Dean Swift, Esq., my large silver standish. Swift.

A supply pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the steam. Knight.

A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.

A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.

To withstand. [Obs.]

A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall.