stand(1) (iou) and Diurnal (medicine)

stand(1) (iou)

stand noun1. [stand] OE.
[from the verb.]
I. A pause, a delay. rare. Only in OE.
a. The action or an act of standing or stopping; a pause, a halt. Freq. in make a stand. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
Steele But by Heaven..! If you could. Here he made a full Stand. Wordsworth He..made a sudden stand.
b. A stage in a statement or argument. Only in 17.
c. Theatrical. Each halt made on a tour to give one or more performances; the place where such a halt is made; a performance given at such a halt (freq. in one-night stand s.v. ONE adjective, noun, & pronoun). L19.
D. Baker He'd been making stands at..picture houses all over the country. G. Bordman Haverly's..Minstrels arrived for a week's stand.
d. The mean sea level at a given epoch in the past. Also, the state of the tide when vertical movement has ceased at high or low water. M20.
An act of concealing oneself in ambush or in cover, an attack from concealment. L16-E17.
Shakespeare 3 Henry VI Anon the deer will come And in this covert will we make our stand.
a. An act of holding one's ground against an opponent or enemy; a halt made for the purpose of resistance. Freq. in make a stand. L16.
Shakespeare Coriolanus Neither foolish in our stands Nor cowardly in retire. R. Sutcliff We made our last stand..and we were overwhelmed.
b. Sport. A prolonged resistance; spec. (Cricket) a prolonged stay at the wicket by two batsmen. E19.
Wisden Cricket Monthly Dilley split the useful ninth-wicket stand of 54.
A state of being unable to proceed in thought, speech, or action; a state of perplexity or bewilderment. Freq. in be at a stand. arch. L16.
G. Herbert The..Parson..is at a stand..what behaviour to assume.
a. A state of checked or arrested movement; spec. the rigid attitude assumed by a dog on finding game. Freq. in bring to a stand, come to a stand, put to a stand. E17.
Carlyle For five-and-thirty minutes..the Berline is at a dead stand.
b. (The performance of) a stallion or bull at stud. Also, a stud, a stud-farm. US. L18.
c. An erection of the penis. arch. slang. M19.
d. Hist. A hunter's opportunity to fire a number of shots into a herd of buffalo etc. Freq. in get a stand. US. L19.
A state of arrested development or progress. Freq. in be at a stand, come to a stand. E17.
E. Lisle My wheat, for want of rain, was at a stand in it's growth.
A manner of standing, esp. an upright as opp. to a crouching posture. rare. L17.
II.
A place where a person or animal stands, a position, a station; fig. an attitude, a standpoint. Freq. in take a stand, take one's stand. ME.
Dryden Watchful Herons leave their watry Stand.. E. Roosevelt He was rarely inclined to take a stand, to say that this was right or wrong.
b. A station or position taken up for a particular purpose; spec. (a) the place where a hunter or sportsman waits for game; (b) (now rare) the post or station of a sentinel, watchman, etc.; (c) Austral. & NZ the area in a shearing shed where a sheep-shearer works. LME.
S. Johnson Thunders at the door..brought the watchmen from their stands. I. Colegate Stands over which the birds..fly high and fast.
A stall, a booth. Also, a street-trader's habitual station or pitch. E16.
A. Toffler A new small-circulation magazine on the stands. R. Frame She bought postcards..from a stand outside a bookshop.
Falconry. A raised perch or roost used by a hawk. L16-L17.
a. A raised structure for spectators, esp. at a racecourse or Other sporting venue, or for a company of musicians or performers. E17.
A. S. Byatt The stands that had lined the..Coronation route.
b. A raised platform for a speaker; a rostrum, a pulpit; US a witness-box (also witness-stand). M19.
Harper Lee The witness made a hasty descent from the stand.
A place where public vehicles are authorized to wait for passengers; a row of such vehicles. L17.
a. A position, site, or building for a business. US. L18.
b. A (usu. urban) plot of land. S. Afr. L19.
III.
a. A set of objects of a specified kind. Chiefly Scot. LME.
b. Military. (Pl. after numeral often same.) In the British army: stand of arms, a complete set of weapons for one person; stand of colours, a regiment's colours. E18.
c. A set of rolls and their auxiliary fittings for the shaping of metal in a rolling-mill. L19.
d. Oil Industry. A number (usu. four or less) of lengths of drill pipe joined together. E20.
stand of pikes, a compact group of pikemen. obsolete exc. Hist. L16.
A young tree left standing for timber. obsolete exc. dial. rare. L18.
An assemblage or group of birds, esp. game-birds of a specified kind. M19.
A group of growing plants of a specified crop, spec. one of trees. Orig. US. M19.
Farmers Weekly Good stands of the crop are now evident. M. Chabon I stepped..into a stand of oak.
IV.
A base etc. on which a thing stands or by which a thing is supported; a rack, table, set of shelves, etc., on or in which things may be placed. Freq. with specifying word. M17.
hatstand, Music stand, umbrella stand, etc.
Comb.: stand camera a camera for use on a tripod as opp. to being hand-held.

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