standard-bearer 
one flight-feather of each wing extraordinarily prolonged 
as a bare shaft bearing a racket at the end. C. c 
Standard-bearer {M 
has a lew lengthened lance-linear feather, chiefly white, 
and in other respect: resembles the common night-hawk 
of the United States. Also called fmtr-mngs. 
Standard-bred (stan'dard-bred), a. Bred up to 
gome standard of excellence agreed upon by 
gome association. 
standard-grass (stan'dard-gras), N. Same as 
stander-grass. 
Standardization (stan'dar-di-za'shon), n. [< 
standardi:e + -afj'on.] Tlie act of standardiz- 
ing, or the state of being standardized. Also 
spelled standardisation. 
Standardize (stan'dar-dlz), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
standardized, ppr. standardising. [< standara"- 
+ -ize.~\ To conform to or compare with a 
standard; regulate by a standard; constitute 
or recognize as a standard; specifically, in 
chemical analysis, to determine accurately in or- 
der to use what is so determined as a standard 
of comparison: said of the strength of a solu- 
tion, or the quantity of a certain reagent con- 
tained in a given volume of it. Also spelled 
standardise. 
They [electrical measuring instrument*] will be useful 
(or standardizing the ordinary forms of voltmeter and 
ammeter. Science, XI. 237. 
standardizer (stan'dar-di-zer), n. [< standard- 
ize + -er 1 .] One who or that which standard- 
izes. Also spelled standardiser. 
The absolute Tallies of the polarization . . . should of 
course hare been identical, but according to the stan- 
dardizer they were always markedly different. 
PkOatcvkical Mag., XXVIL 8. 
Standard-knee (stan'dard-ne), . Same as 
standard 3 . 1 (c). 
standardwing (stan'dard-wing), n. Wallace's 
bird of paradise. See cut under Semioptera. 
stand-by (stand'bi), n. One who or that which 
stands by one. (a) A supporter or adherent (b) That 
upon which one relies ; especially, a ready, timely resource. 
The Texan cowboys become very expert in the use of the 
revolver, their invariable standby. 
T. Roosevelt, Th<?Century, XXXVL 840. 
(e) A nautical signal to be in readiness. See Hand by (6), 
standelt (stan'del), n. [< stand + -el; equiv. 
to slander.] A tree reserved for growth as 
timber: specifically, in lax, a young oak-tree, 
twelve of which were to be left in every acre 
of wood at the felling thereof. 
Standelwortt (stan'del-wert), H. [< standfl. 
equiv. to stander, + u-orfl. Cf. eqniv. MD. 
xtandellcruyd.] Same as stander-grass. 
stander (stan'der), n. [= MD. stander, a post, 
mill-post, axletree, D. stander, an axletree, = 
OBG.stanter, MHG. slander, slender, G. stander, 
a tnb; B stand + -er 1 . Cf . standard 3 and stan- 
<fef.] 1. One who or that which stands, (a) One 
woo keeps an upright position, resting on the feet. 
They fall, as being slippery ttandtr*. 
Skat., T. and C., UL 3. 84. 
(&) One who or that which remains in a specified place, 
situation, state, condition, etc. : specifically, a tree left for 
growth when other trees are felled. Compare standct. 
They [the Dutch] are the longest glanders here by many 
years : for the English are but newly removed hither from 
Bean, where they resided altogether before. 
Dampier, Voyages, II. i. 49. 
(e) A supporter; an adherent. [Rare.] 
Our young proficients ... do far outgo the old stander* 
and professors of the sect. Berkeley, Aleiphron, Ii, 1 7. 
(d) A sentinel ; a picket. I Thieves' slang.] 
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And so was faine to Hue among the wicked, sometimes 
a ftander for the pailtie r. 
RmHands, Hist. Kogues, quoted in Rihton-Turner's 
[Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 5iS. 
2. pi. In the early church, the highest class of 
penitents: a mistranslation of consistentf* (mvi- 
ord/in-oi), properly 'bystanders.' 
Standen, who might remain throughout the entire rite, 
bat were not suffered to communicate. 
Eneye. Brit., XVIII. 4a6. 
stander-by(stan'der-bi'). w. One who is pres- 
ent; a mere spectator; a bystander. 
When a gentleman is disposed to swear, it is not for any 
rtanders-by to curtail his oaths. Shot. , Cymbeline, ii. 1 . 1 i. 
Stander-grass (stan'der-gras), w. The On-hi* 
moscula and various plants of this and allied 
genera. See cullion. 2. Also standard-grass, 
li'ltcort, standertcort. 
standerwort (stan'der-wert), w. Same as 
trr-grass. 
Stand-far-offt (stand'far-of'). . A kind of 
coarse cloth. Compare stand-furtlier-off. 
In my childhood there was one [kind of cloth] called 
Stand-far*!/ (the embleme of Hypocrisy), which seemed 
pretty at competent distance, but discovered its coarse- 
ness when nearer to the eye. 
Fuller, Worthies, Norwich, II. 4S8. (Duties.) 
Stand-farther (stand'fer'THt-r), w. A quarrel : 
a dissension. Halliicell. [Prov. Eng.] 
stand-further-offt (stand'fer'THer-of), . A 
kind of coarse cloth. Compare stand-far-off. 
Certaine sonnets, in praise of Mr. Thomas the deceased ; 
fashioned of divers stuffs, as mockado, fustian, stand-fur- 
ther^/, and motly, all which the author dedicates to the 
immortall memory of the famous Odcombian traveller. 
John Taylor, Works (1630> (.Vorw.) 
stand-gall (stand'gal), n. Same as staniel. 
Standing (stan'ding), H. [Verbal n. of stand, 
r. ] 1 . The act of one who stands, in any sense. 
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing. 
Ps. Ixix. 2. 
He cursed him in sitting, in standing, in lying. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 212. 
2. The time at. in, or during which one stands, 
(at) The point in time at which anything comes to a stand ; 
specifically, of the sun, the solstice. 
Brasik is sowe atte stondyng of the Sonne. 
PaUadius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. 8.X p. 160. 
(*) The interval during which one keeps, or is supposed 
to keep, an upright or standing position. Compare fit- 
ting, n. 
They [Perch] may be, at one standing, all catched one 
after another. /. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 157. 
Hence (c) Duration: continuance; practice. 
One of the commendadors of Alcantara, a gentleman of 
long standing. Middleton and Rouiey, Spanish Gypsy, ii. 1. 
I know less geography than a schoolboy of six weeks' 
standing. Lamb, Old and New Schoolmaster. 
3. A standing-place: a position or post; a 
stand. 
You, sirrah, get a standing for your mistress, 
The best in all the city. 
Middleton, Women Beware Women, L 3. 
4. Relative position ; degree : rank ; considera- 
tion ; social, professional, or commercial repu- 
tation; specifically, high rank: as. a member 
in full standing (of a church, society, club, or 
other organization); a committee composed of 
men of good standing. 
Of all the causes which contribute to form the character 
of a people, those by which power, influence, and ttand- 
ing in the government are most certainly and readily ob- 
tained are by far the most powerful. 
Calhmtn, Works, I. 50. 
standing (stan'ding), p. a. 1. Having an erect 
position; upright; perpendicular; hence, ris- 
ing or raised; high. 
Look now yon see a field of standing corn, . . . 
Rising in waves, how it doth come and go 
Forward and backward. Dnyton, Battle of Aginconrt 
Wear standing collars, were they made of tin ! 
0. W. Holmes, Urania. 
2. Involving the attitude or position of one 
who stands; performed while standing: as, a 
standing jump. 
Wide was spread 
That war and various ; sometimes on firm ground 
A standing fight ; then, soaring on main wing, 
Tormented all the air. Milton, P. L, vL 243. 
3. Remaining at rest; motionless; inactive; 
specifically, of water, stagnant. 
And thoughe so be it is called a see, in very dede it is 
but a stondynge water. 
Sir R. Guytforde, Pylgrymage, p. 49. 
The Garigliano had converted the whole country into 
a mere quagmire, or rather standing pooL 
Prescotl, Ferd. and Isa.. ii. 14. 
4. Permanent; lasting; fixed; not transient, 
transitory, or occasional : as, a standing rule ; 
a standing order. 
stand-offishness 
A standing evidence of the care that was had in those 
times to prevent the growth of errours. 
.V. Martini, New England a Memorial, p. 155. 
Yes, yes, I think being a standing jest for all one's ac- 
quaintance a very happy situation. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, v. 2. 
5. In [ifintinii. remaining for further use : noting 
composed types, printed or imprinted, which are 
reserved from distribution. standing army. See 
army'-' Standing bed, standing bedstead', the large 
or high bedstead, as distinguished from the trundle-bed 
which rolled in and out under it. 
There 's his chamber, his house, his castle, his standing- 
bed and truck! Stale., M. W. of W., IT. 5. 7. 
Standing bevel or beveling. See bml, i. Standing 
blodLSee Maori. 11. Standing bowl. Sameasabmd- 
ing cvp. 
Here, say we drink this standittg-bovt of wine to him. 
Shot., Pericles, ii. 3. 65. 
Standing bowsprit, committee, cup. galley, matter. 
See the nouns. Standing nut, a cup made of a nut- 
shell mounted in silver or the like : examples remain 
dating from the sixteenth century or earlier, made most 
commonly of cocoanut-shells. Standing orders, (a) 
The permanent orders made by a legislative or deliberative 
assembly respecting the manner in which its business shall 
be conducted. (6) In a military organization, those orders 
which are always in force. Standing panel. Seepanel. 
Standing part of a tackle, the part of the rope made 
fast to the strap of a block or any fixed point. Stand- 
Ing piece*. Same as standing cup. MS. Annulet, 249, 
t7t. (HoBiirttl.) Standing rigging (no**.). See rig- 
ging?. Standing salt-cellar, shield, etc. See the 
nouns. Standing Stone, in archttol., a translation of 
the French pierrelectc, a menhir. E. B. Tjslor. Stand- 
ing table, a permanent table, fixed in its place, or of such 
size and solidity that it cannot easily be moved, as the 
table for meals in the old English hall. 
standing-cypress (stan'ding-si'pres), M. A 
common biennial garden-flower, Gilia coronopi- 
folia (Ipomopsis eltgans), native in the south- 
ern United States. In its tubular scarlet flowers and 
finely dissected leaves it resembles the cypress-vine ; but 
it is of an erect wand-like habit. 
standing-ground (stan'ding-ground), w. Place 
or ground on which to stand ; especially, that on 
which one rests, in a figurative sense ; a basis 
of operations or of argument ; a fundamental 
principle. fT. fTilson, The State, $ 204. 
standing-press (stan'ding-pres), n. See press 1 . 
standing-room (stan'ding-rom), . Space suf- 
ficient only for standing, as in a theater where 
all the seats have been taken. 
standing-stool (stan'ding-stdl), n. A small 
frame or machine moving on wheels, used to 
support a child when learning to walk. 
The elf dares peep abroad, the pretty foole 
Can wag without a truckling ttanding-stoole. 
Fletcher, Poems, p. 130. (UaUiwett.) 
standish (stan'dish), n. [A reduction of 'stand- 
Standish of Decorated Pottery, i3th century, 
i From " I/Art poor Tons.") 
dink, < stand + dish.] An inkstand ; also, a case 
for writing-materials. 
In which agonie tormenting my selfe a long time, I 
grew by degrees to a milde discontent ; and, pausing a 
while ouer my ttanduh, I reaolned in verse to paynt forth 
my passion. Xa*he, Pierce Penilesse, p. 5. 
Here is another letter of Niccolini that has lain in my 
rtandith this fortnight. Walpole, Letters, II. 75. 
Stand-off (stand'of), n. [< stand off: see stand, 
r.] A holding or keeping off; a counteraction. 
[Colloq.] 
The preferences of other clients, perhaps equal in num- 
ber and value, who are fighting with Fabian tactics, make 
a complete stand*/. The Atlantic, LX VI. 072. 
stand-off (stand'of), a. [< standoff: see stand, 
r.] Holding others off; distant; reserved. 
[Colloq.] 
Yon always talk ... as if there were no one bnt Cath- 
erine. People generally like the other two mnch better. 
Catherine is so stand-of. 
Mrs. Humphry Ward, Robert Elsmere, L 2. 
stand-offish (stand'df 'ish), a. [< stand off + 
-i'A.] Same as stand-off. [Colloq.] 
If the "landed gentry" were ttand-ofth, and . . . did 
not put themselves out of the way to cultivate Miss Shal- 
don's acquaintance, that young lady was all the more 
grateful for their reserve. 
P. W. Robinton, Her Face was her Fortune, v. 
stand-offishness (stand'of'ish-nes), n. The 
character of being repellent; the disposition 
or tendency to hold others at a distance. [Col- 
loq.] 
