Stand"ard (?), n. [OF. estendart,
F. étendard, probably fr. L. extendere to spread
out, extend, but influenced by E. stand. See Extend.]
1. A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a
national or other ensign.
His armies, in the following day,
On those fair plains their standards proud
display.
Fairfax.
2. That which is established by authority as a
rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the
original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the
standard pound, gallon, or yard.
3. That which is established as a rule or
model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion;
test.
The court, which used to be the standard of
property and correctness of speech.
Swift.
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve,
taken together, would be my standard of a
statesman.
Burke.
4. (Coinage) The proportion of weights
of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-
two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of
silver.
Arbuthnot.
5. (Hort.) A tree of natural size
supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of
a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
In France part of their gardens is laid out for
flowers, others for fruits; some standards, some against
walls.
Sir W. Temple.
6. (Bot.) The upper petal or banner of
a papilionaceous corolla.
7. (Mech. & Carp.) An upright support,
as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
8. (Shipbuilding) An inverted knee
timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical
branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
9. The sheth of a plow.
10. A large drinking cup.
Greene.
Standard bearer, an officer of an army,
company, or troop, who bears a standard; -- commonly called color
sergeantor color bearer; hence, the leader of any
organization; as, the standard bearer of a political
party.
Stand"ard, a. 1.
Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison
and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and
measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms;
standard gold or silver.
2. Hence: Having a recognized and permanent
value; as, standard works in history; standard
authors.
3. (Hort.) (a) Not
supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit
trees. (b) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a
standard pear tree.
Standard candle, Standard
gauge. See under Candle, and Gauge. -
- Standard solution. (Chem.) See
Standardized solution, under Solution.
Stand"ard (?), n. [OF. estendart,
F. étendard, probably fr. L. extendere to spread
out, extend, but influenced by E. stand. See Extend.]
1. A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a
national or other ensign.
His armies, in the following day,
On those fair plains their standards proud
display.
Fairfax.
2. That which is established by authority as a
rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the
original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the
standard pound, gallon, or yard.
3. That which is established as a rule or
model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion;
test.
The court, which used to be the standard of
property and correctness of speech.
Swift.
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve,
taken together, would be my standard of a
statesman.
Burke.
4. (Coinage) The proportion of weights
of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-
two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of
silver.
Arbuthnot.
5. (Hort.) A tree of natural size
supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of
a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
In France part of their gardens is laid out for
flowers, others for fruits; some standards, some against
walls.
Sir W. Temple.
6. (Bot.) The upper petal or banner of
a papilionaceous corolla.
7. (Mech. & Carp.) An upright support,
as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
8. (Shipbuilding) An inverted knee
timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical
branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
9. The sheth of a plow.
10. A large drinking cup.
Greene.
Standard bearer, an officer of an army,
company, or troop, who bears a standard; -- commonly called color
sergeantor color bearer; hence, the leader of any
organization; as, the standard bearer of a political
party.
Stand"ard, a. 1.
Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison
and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and
measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms;
standard gold or silver.
2. Hence: Having a recognized and permanent
value; as, standard works in history; standard
authors.
3. (Hort.) (a) Not
supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit
trees. (b) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a
standard pear tree.
Standard candle, Standard
gauge. See under Candle, and Gauge. -
- Standard solution. (Chem.) See
Standardized solution, under Solution.
