Category:Standard

Stand"ard, n. Etym: [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)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: the upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.

7. (mech. & carp.)

Defn: an upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any Upright in framing.

8. (shipbuilding)

Defn: 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.

Standard 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.