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per, Danish.] 1. To ftrike by preffing the foot haf tily downwards.

Such attribution fhould this Douglas have, As not a foldier of this feafon's flamp Should go fo general current. Shak. -When one man of an exemplary inprobity charges another of the fame famp in any court of juftice, he lies under the disadvantage of a strong fufpicion. L'Erange.-If one of his own ftamp fhould tell him that the king of Sweden would be fuddenly at Perth, he hugs himself at the good news. Addifon.

He frets, he fumes, he flares, he stamps the ground. Dryden. 2. To pound; to beat as in a mortar.-I took the calf you had made, and flamped and ground it very fmail. Deut. ix. 21.-Some apothecaries, upon ftamping of coloquintida, have been put into a great fcouring by, the vapour only. Bacon. [Eftamper, French; tampare, Italian; eßampar, Spanith.) To imprefs with fome mark or figure. (2.) STAMP ACT, an unpopular act of the Bri-Height of place is intended only to flamp a pritifh parliament, the refiftance to which, and its vate condition with luftre. Southprinciple, even after it was repealed, gave rise to There, amp'd with arms, Newcastle fhines

A king of heav'n's own flamp.

Harte.

the American war, and confequent_revolution. See AMERICA, 12; and ENGLAND, § 85 and 86. (3.) STAMP DUTIES, or Duties on Stamps, a branch of the perpetual revenue. (See REVENUE.) In Great Britain there is a tax impofed upon all parchment and paper, whereon any legai proceedngs or private inftruments of aimoft any nature whatfoever are written; and alfo upon licences for retailing wines, of all denomination; upon ali almanacs, newspapers, advertisements, cards, dice, &c. These impots are very various, being higher or lower, not fo much according to the value of the property transferred, as according to the nature of the deed. The highest do not exceed fix pounds upon every fheet of paper or skin of parch. ment; and thefe high duties fall chiefly upon grants from the crown, and upon certain law proceedings, without any regard to the value of the fubject. There are in Great Britain no duties on the registration of dee is or writings, except the fees of the officers who keep the register; and tbefe are feldom more than a reasonable recompenfe for their labour. The crown derives no revenue from them. The ftamp duties conftitute a tax which, though in fome inftances it may be heavily felt, by greatly increasing the expence of ali mercantile as well as legal proceedings, yet (if moderately impofed, is of fervice to the public in in general, by authenticating inftruments, and rendering it much more difficult than formerly to forge deeds of any standing; fince, as the officers of this branch of the revenue vary their stamps frequently, by marks perceptible to, none but themselves, a man that would forge a deed of K, William's time, must know and be able to counterfeit the stamp of that date alfo. In fome other countries the duty is laid on the contract itself, not on the inftrument in which it is contained; as, in England, (besides the ftamps on the indentures) a tax is laid, by ftatute 8 Ann. cap. 9. on every apprentice-fee; of 6 d. in the pound if it be sol. or under, and I s. in the pound if a greater fum; but this tends to draw the fubject into a thoufand nice difquifitions and difputes concerning the nature of this contract, and whether taxable or not; in which the farmers of the revenue take the advantage. Our general method antwers the purpofes of the state as well, and confults the ease of the fubject much better. The firft inftitution of the ftamp duties was by ftatute 5 and 6 W. and M. c. 21. and they have fince, in many inftances, been increased to 5 times their original a

mount.

(1.) * To STAMP. v. a. [stampen, Dutch; sam

complete.

4. To fix a mark by impreffing.it.

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Pope.

Out of mere ambition you have made
Your holy hat ftampt on the king's coin. Shak.
Primary notions which nature ftamps in all wen
of commor fente. Digby.-There needs no pofi-
tive law to ftamp an obliquity upon fuch a difo-
bedience. South.-Man's mind hath this notion of
a deity born with it, and stamped upon it. Tillot-
fon.-Though God has given us no innate ideas
of himfe:f, though he has fampt no original cha-
racters on our minds, wherein we may read his
being; yet having furnished us with thofe facui-
ties our minds are endowed with, he hath not left
himfelf without witness. Locke.--

What titles had they had, if nature had not
Stamp'd the noble mark of elderthip
Upon their bafer metal?

Rowe.

-What an unfpeakable happiness would it be to
a man, if he had but a power of famping his best
fentiments upon his memory in indelible charac
ters? Watts. 5. To make by imprefling a mark.—
They will not fail to famp pieces of that fashion,
and quickly carry away your fiver. 6. To mint;
to form; to coin.

That most venerabie man, which I
Did call my father, was I know not where
When I was fampt.

Shak. (2.) To STAMP. v. n. To ftrike the foot fuddenly downward.

A ramping fool, to brag, to ftamp, and swear, Upon my party!

Shak.

-The men faali howl at the noise of the flamping of the hoofs of his ftrong horses. Jer. xlvi. 3.

There is fuch an echo among the old ruins and vaults, that, if you stamp but a little louder than ordinary, you bear the found repeated. Addif.— He cannot bear th' aftonfhing delight, But ftarts, exclaims, and ftamps, and raves. Den. They got to the top, and stamping upon it, they found it was hollow. Savift.

STAMPALIA, or an ifland of the Grecian STAMPALIO, Archipelago, 16 miles long and 5 broad. It is but thinly peopled, as it is very deficient of fresh water. It lies 37 miles from Natolia, 60 W. of Rhodes, and 90 N. of Candia. Lon. 44. o. E. Ferro. Lat. 36. 40. N.

* STAMPER. n. f. [from ftamp.] An inftru ment of pounding. Of late they moftly use wet stampers. Carew.

(1.) STAMP-MASTER, ftamp and master.] n. f. An officer under government, who has the care of the STAMP DUTIES.

(1.) STAMP-MASTER is also the title of a nume

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rous body of officers, one of whom at leaft is placed in each manufacturing town, to fuperintend the linen manufacture, and fee the pieces properly stamped, that juftice may be done to the public.

STANSLO, a town of Hungary, 15 miles NE. of Great Wardein.

STAN, amongst our forefathers, was the ter mination of the fuperlative degree: so Athelftan, moft noble; Betftan, the best; Leof flan, the dear eft: Witan, the wifeft; Dunstan, the highest. Gibfon.

STANCH. adj. [This feems to come from the verb.] 1. Sound; fuch as will not run out.What we endeavoured in vain may be performed by fome virtuofo, that fhall have stancher vellels. Boyle. 2. Firm; found of principle; trusty; hear. ; determined.-The ftanding abfurdity, without the belief of which no man is reckoned a ftanch churchman, is that there is a calf's-head club. Addison

Prior.

In po iticks, I hear, you're stanch, Directly bent against the French. They mean to convince, not the groveling herd, but the grave and Stanch'men. Waterland.

Each staunch polemick ftubborn as a rock, Each fierce logician ftill expelling Locke. Pope. 3. In this fenfe is used a stanch hound. A dog that follows the fcent without errour or remiffnefs. 4. Strong; not to be broken.

What hoop would hold us ftanch from edge to edge. Shak. -This is to be kept stanch, and carefully watch ed. Locke.

(1.) To STANCH. v. a. leftancher, French; ftagnare, Italian.] To stop blood; to hinder from running.-Iron or a ftone, laid to the neck, doth anth the bleeding of the nof. Bacon.-The virtues of them are for curing of wounds, ftanshing of blood, and ftopping of fluxes. Bacon.-Leeches, inwardly taken, faften upon the veins, and occafion an effufion of blood, which cannot be easily Stanched. Brown.

To ftanch blood by breathing of the vein. Dryden. (2.) To STANCH. v. z. To ftop.-Immediately her iffue ftanched, Lake, viii. 44.

* STANCHER. n. f. [from stanch.] One that ftops blood.

(1.) STANCHIO, an island in the Grecian Archipelago, anciently called Coos, or Cos; famous for being the birth-place of HIPPOCRATES, the phyfician, APELLES, the painter, and PHILETAS, the poet. (See Cos, N° 1.) It is about 25 miles long, 19 broad, and 70 in circumference; and is moftly level, but has fome hills on the E. It abounds with vines, cyprefs, and turpentine trees. The foil is fertile, but the air is unhealthy. It is a Greek bishop's fee.

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(2.) STANCHIO, the capital of the above island, is feated at the foot a mountain, and is well built, at the bottom of the bay, (N° 3.) and has a good harbour. It is 12 m. s from the coaft of Natolia, 12 NE. of Stampate, and 40 NW. of Rhodes. Lon. 44. 40. 2. For Lat. 36. 45. N. (3.) STANCHIO, Alge a. of Afiatic Turkey, on the SW. coalt of Natally, oppoîte the above

ifland. Lon. 45. o. to 45. 30. E. Ferro. Lat. 36 48. to 37. 4. N.

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(1.) STANCHION. n. f. leftangon, Fr.] A prop; a fupport.

(2.) STANCHIONS are fmall pil'ars of wood ori iron, ufed for various purposes, in a fhip; as to fupport the decks, the quarter-rails, the nettings, the awnings, &c. The first of thefe are two ranges of fmall columns fixed under the beams, throughout the fhip's length between decks; one range being on the starboard and the other on the larboard fide of the hatchways. They are chiefly intended to fupport the weight of the artillery. * STANCHLESS. adj. [from flanch.] Not to be stopped.There grows,

In my moft ill-compos'd affection, fuch
A ftamchlefs avarice, that, were I king,

I should cut off the nobles for their lands. Shak. And thruft her down his throat, into his' ftaunchlefs maw. Drayton. (1.) * STAND. n. f. [from the verb.] 1. A ftation; a place where one waits ftanding.

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They made a stand, when he furiously charged and routed them. Clarendon.-

Once more the fleeting foul come back, And in the body took a doubtful stand. Dryd.` At every turn the made a little stand, And thruft among the thorns her lay hand To draw the rofe,

Dryden. 4. Stop; interruption.-If the ufurer either cali in, or keep back his money, there will enfue prefently a great stand of trade. Bacon.-The forma tion of bodies would be at an end, and nature at a perfect stand. Woodward. 5. The act of oppofing.

Like Romans, neither foolife in our stands, Nor cowardly in retire. Shak.

6. Highest mark; ftationary point; point from which the next motion is regreffive.Voice

Voice is at stand and at the highest flow. Dryden. In the beginning of fummer the days are at a stand, and with little variation of length or fhort-. nefs. Dryden.-The fea, fince the memory of all ages, hath continued at a stand, without confider able variation. Bentley. 7. A point beyond which one cannot proceed.

Every part of what we would,

ground. If he should stand upon his defence, he threatened to make him repent his foolish hardinefs, Knolles.-The king granted the Jews to gather themselves together, and fland for their life. Efth. viii. 11.-We are often constrained to stand alone against the ftrength of opinion. Brown-By the fword they fhound die, if they food upon defence. Hayward. 11. Not to yield; not to fly not to give way.-Who before him flood fo to it? Eccluf. xivi. 3-That ye may be able to fland a-. gainfi the wiles of the devil. Eph. vi. 11-Their lives and fortunes were put in fafety, whether they, ftood to it or ran away. Bacon. 12. To ftay; not to fly.

Muft make a stand at what your highnefs will. Shak. Finding the painter's science at a stand, The goddess fnatch'd the pencil from his hand. Prior. 8. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment; hefi tation.-A fool may fo far imitate the mien of a wife man, as at firft to put a body to a stand what to make of him. L'Eftr.-Make the face yet narrower, and then you are at a stand. Locke. 9. A frame or table on which vefleis are placed.Such fquires are only fit for country towns, To ftink of ale, and dust a stand with clowns. Dryden. -After fupper a stand was brought in, with a veifel full of wine. Dryden.

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(2.) STAND, in commerce, a weight from two hundred and an haif to three hundred of pitch. (1.) * To STAND. v. n. preterite, I stood, I have stood. {standan, Gothick and Saxon; ftaen, Dutch; ftare, Italian; eftar, Spanish; stare, Lat.] 1. To be upon the feet; not to fit, kneel, or lie down. The abfolution to be pronounced by the priest alone standing. Com. Prayer. 2. To be not demolished or overthrown.

A living temple, built by faith to ftand. Milt. 3. To be placed as an edifice.-This poet's tomb ftood on the other fide of Naples. Addison, 4. To remain erect; not to fall.—

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Amaz'd, my hair with horror ftood. Dryd. Her hair ftood up. Dryden's Eneid. 6. To ftop; to halt; not to go forward.The leaders, having charge from you to stand, Will not go off. Shak. H. VI. Sun in Gideon stand. Milton. I charge thee ftand, And tell thy name. Dryden's Eneid. 7. To be at a stationary point without progrefs or regreffion. This nation of Spain runs a race fill of empire, when all other ftates of Chriftendin Stand at a stay. Bacon.

Pope.

Say, at what part of nature will they stand? 8. To be in a state of firmnefs, not vacillation.Commonweaiths by virtue ever stood. Davies. My mind on its own centre ftands unmoved. Dryd.

9. To be in any pofture of refiftance or defence. Seeing how iothly oppofite I tood

Shak.

To his unnat'rai purpose.
When they stand against you, may they fail.
Shak.

10. To be in a state of hoftility; to keep the

A foule flight on my foldiers, nor stood faft One man of all. Chapman. At the foldierly word stand, the flyers halted a little. Clarend. 13. To be placed with regard to. rank or order.—Amongst liquids endued with this quality of relaxing, warm water stands first. Arb. -Let this therefore ftand always chief. Watts. 14. To remain in the prefent state.-I will eat no fleth while the world standeth. Cor. viii. 13.— And ftand recorded, at their own requeft, To future days a libel or a jest. Dryden. 15. [Efar, Spanish.] To be in any particular itate; to be: emphatically expreffed. The fea,

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Aw'd by the rod of Mofes fo to ftand,,
Divided.
I ftand refign'd, and am prepared to go. En.
He ftruck the fnakes, and food again,

New fex'd, and strait recovel'd into man.

Addifon

They expect to be favour'd, who fland not poffeffed of any one of thofe qualifications. Atterb. -Some middle prices fhew us in what proportion the value of their lands food. Arbuth-He nei ther fands in need of logick, nor ufes it. Baker.The world's victor stood subdu’d by found.

Pope. -Narrow capacities frame their malignant fables accordingly, and fland detected by it. Pope. 16. Not to become void; to remain in force.-The judges, whofe fentence in matters of controverfy he ordained should fand, oftentimes would be

deceived. Hooker.

No conditions of our peace can stand. Shak. My words fhall furely fand against you for evil. Jer. xliv. 29.—y covenant than fand fast with him. Pf. lxxxix. 28. 17. To confit; to have its being or cflence.-That could not make him that did the fervice perfect, which flood only in meats and drinks, Heb. ix. 10. 18. To be with respect to terms of a contract.-The hirelings stand at a certain wages. Curew. 19. To have a place.If it fand

Within the eye of honour.

My very enemy's dɔg,

Shak.

Though he had bit me, should have food that night Against my fire.

Shak.

This excellent man, who feed not upon the advantage-ground before, provoked men of all qualities. Clarendon.-

From th' armoury of God, where ftand of old Myriads.

Milton.

20. To be in any ftate at the time prefent.

This reft might yet have balm'd thy broken fenfes,

Which fand in hard cure.

Shak.
So it fands; and this I fear at last. Shak.
I now wil amplify, and teil what cafe -
Thy houfrold stands in.
Chapman
-My dear friends, let us know ourfelves, and
how it flandeth with us. Bacon.—The patent, for-
merly granted to Saint-John, food revoked.
Clarendon-

Why ftand we longer fhivering under fears? Milton. -As things now ftand with us, we have no power to do good. Calumy. 21. To be in a permanent ftate.-

The broi! doubtful long flood. And all the bleft stand fast.

Shak.
Milton.

22. To be with regard to condition or fortune. I ftand in need of one whofe glories may Red en my crimes.

23. To have any particular refpe&.

Dryden.

Here ftood he in the dark, his fharp fword out,

Mumbung of wicked charms, conj'ring the

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Shak. To ftand's aufpicious miftrefs." -An utter unfuitabienefs difobedience has to the relation which man neceffarily fands in towards his Maker. South. 24. To be without action.A philofopher difputed with Adrian the emperor, and did it but weakly: one of his friends, that Hood by, faid Methinks you were not like your. felf att day in argument with the emperor. Why, faid the philofopher, would you have me contend with him that commands thirty legions? Bacon. 25. To depend; to reft; to be fupported.-This reply flandeth all by conjectures. Whitegifte. The prefbyterians of the kirk, iefs forward to declare their opinion in the former point, ftand upon the latter only. Sanderf-He muft by the connexion of the proofs fee the truth and the ground it fands on. Locke. 26. To be with regard to ftate of mind.--Stand in awe and fin not. Pjal, iv. 27. To 4.- fand in doubt of you. Gal. iv. 20. fucceed; to be acquitted; to be fafe.-Readers, by whofe judgment I would stand or fall. Addifon. 28. To be with refpect to any particular.

Not to confider in what cafe thou stand'st Further than he is Cæfar.

I know not how it flands.

Shak.
Shak.

Full for the port the lihacenfans ftand,
And furl their fais.

Pope.

33. To have direction towards any local point.-
The wand did not really hand to the metals. Boyle.
34. To offer as a candidate.-He food to be elec
ted one of the proctors for the university. Saun
35. To place him felf; to be placed.-
derfon.
Many fools that land in better place. Shak.
He was commanded by the duke to fund afide.
Knolles-food between the Lord and you. Deut.
v. 5.-Stand by when he is going. Swift. 36. To
ftagnate; not to flow.-

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Where Ufens glides along the lowly lands,
Or the black water of Pomptina. ftands.. Dryd.
37. To be with relpect to chance.-

Yourself, renowned prince, then flood as fair
Shak.
As any comer I have look'd on, -.
Each thinks he stands faireft for the great lot.
Addif-He flood fair for the fift vacancy, Rowe.
38. To remain fatisfied.-Though Page stand fo
firmly on his wife's frailty, yet I cannot put off my
opinion fo eafily. Shak, 39. To be without motion.
-I'll tell you who time ambles, withal, who time
gallops withal.-Whom stands it still withal? Shak.
40. To make delay. They fhall make but small
progrefs, if, in the books they read, they must fand
to examine and unravel every argument. Locke. 41.
To infift; to dweil with many words, or much per-
tinacity.-To and upon every point belongeth to
the first author of the ftory. 2 Mac. ii. 30.-It
is fo plain that it needeth not to be food upon.
42. To be expofed.-Have I lived to
Bacon.
and in the taunt of one that makes fritters of Eng-
ith? Shak. 43-To perfift; to perfevere Never
ftand in a lie when thou art accufed. Taylor.
The emperor standing upon the advantage he had
got by the feizure of their feet, obliged them to
deliver. Gulliver.

What conditions, we shall stand upon?: Shak,
44. To perfitt in a claim. 45. To adhere; to a-
bide.—

Defpair would stand to the fword. - Daniel. 46. To be confiftent.-His faithful people, whatfoever they rightly afk, the fame ball they receive, fo far as may ftand with the glory of God. Hooker-Some inftances of fortune caunot stand with some others. Taylor.It food with reason that they should be rewarded liberally. Davies. -Sprightly youth and clofe application will hardly stand together. Felton. 47. To

29. To be refolutely of a party.-Who have food put afide with disregard.—We let the commands
for the truth. Hooker.-

ftand by neglected. Decay of Piety. 48. TO STAND
Shak. by. To fupport; to defend; not to defert.-The
als hoped the dog would stand by him, if fet up-
on by the wolf. L'Eftrange.-Come, gentlemen,
Dryden, Our good works will
you'll stand by me.
49. To
ftand by us at the hour of death. Calamy.
STAND by. To be prefent without being an ac-
tor.-

He will land very strong with us. To gratify his noble fervice, that Hath thus food for his country. Shak. 30. To be in the place; to be reprefentative.Kings friends and favourites were like cafting counters; that fometimes food for one, fometimes for ten. Bacan.-Whether thefe names Stand for the fame thing. Lacke, Their, language being fcanty, had no words in it to and for 1000. Locke. 31. To remain; to be fixed.-Stand fast in the faith. 1 Cor xvi. 13.— Till time and fix'd.

32. To hold a course at fea.

Margaret's curfe is fall'n upon our heads,
For ftanding by when Richard kill'd her fon.
Shak.
50. To STAND by. To repofe on; to reft in.-
The world is clined to stand by the Arundelian
marbie. Pope. 51. TO STAND for. To propose
one's felf a candidate.-How many stands for con-
Dryden. fulfhips? Shake-They were jealous that Corio-
X &
Lanus

Milton.

From the fame parts of heav'n his navy fands. VOL. XXI. PART I

1

lanus had a defign on their liberties when he stood
for the confulfhip. Dennis. 52. To STAND for.
To maintain; to profefs to fupport.-Thofe
which food for the prefbytery thought their caufe
had more fympathy with the difcipline of Scot-
land, than the hierarchy of England. Bacon.—
Freedom we all stand for. Ben Jonson. 53. To
STAND of. To keep at a distance.—

Stand off, and let me take my fiil of death.
Dryden.

14. TO STAND off. Not to comply.-
Stand no more off.

Shak.

55. TO STAND off. To forbear friendship or intimacy.

Yet ftand off

Shak.

In differences fo mighty.
→Such behaviour frights away friendship, and
makes it stand off in diflike. Collier.-Though no-
thing can be more honourable than an acquaint-
ance with God, we ftand off from it. Atterbury.
56. To STAND off. To have relief; to appear pro-
turbant or prominent.-Picture is beft when it
ftandeth off, as if it were carved; and sculpture is
beft when it appeareth so tender as if it were pain-
ted. Wotton. 57. To STAND out. To hold refo-
lution; to hold a poft; not to yield a point.-
His fpirit is come in,

That so stand out against the holy church. Shak.
Pomtinius knows not you,

While you stand out.
Ben Jonfon.
-They find it difficult at prefent to combat and
Stand out againft an ill practice. South.-Scarce can
a good-natured man stand out against the raillery
of his familiars. Rogers. 58. TO STAND out. Not
to comply; to fecede.-

What, art thou stiff? stand'st out? Shak. -If the ladies will stand out, let them remember that the jury is not all agreed. Dryden. 59. To STAND out. To be prominent or protuberant. Their eyes stand out with fatness. Pf. lxxiii. 7. 60. To STAND to. To ply; to persevere.

Stand to your tackles, mates, and ftretch your oars. Dryden. 61. TO STAND to. To remain fixed in a purpose. Make the purchase spread

To both our goods if he to it will ftand. Herb. Iftill stand to it, that this is his fenfe. Stilling fl. 62. To STAND to. To abide by a contract or af sertion. I have no reason to stand to the award of my enemies. Dryden. 63. TO STAND under. To undergo; to fuftain.

The cardinal.

Cannot stand under them.

Shak.

64. T6 STAND up. To erect one's felf; to rife from fitting. 65. To STAND up. To arife in order to gain notice.-When the accufers stood up, they brought noné aceufation of fuch things as I fuppofed. Aās, xxv. 18. ' 66. TO STAND up. To make a party. When we stood up about the corn, he himself fuck not to call us the many-headed moniter. Coriol. 67. To STAND upon. To concern; to intereft. An imperfonal fense.

Does it not ftand them upon, to examine upon
what grounds they prefume it to be a revelation
from God? Locke. 68. To STAND upon. To va
lue; to take pride.-Men ftand very much upon
the reputation of their understandings. Tillotson.
-We highly efteem and stand much upon our
birth. Ray. 67. TO STAND upon. To mfift.-A
rafcally knave, to bear a gentleman in hand, and
then stand upon fecurity. Shak.
(2.) To STAND. v. a.
without flying or yielding.—

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1. To endure; to refift

None durft ftand him.

Love Stood the fiege.

Shak. Dryden.

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Behold Camillus loaded home,
With standards well redeem'd.

Milton.

Dryden.

To their common standard they repair. Dryd. 2. [From stand.] That which is of undoubted authority; that which is the test of other things of the fame kind.-The dogmatift proclaims his judgment the fitteft intellectual standard. Gland. The heavenly motions are both originals and standards. Holder.-Our measures of length, I cannot call standards; for standard measures muft be certain and fixed. Holder.-When people have brought right and wrong to a falfe standard, there follows an envious malevolence. L'Eftrange.-The Romans made thofe times the standard of their wit. Spratt.-From thefe ancient standards I defcend to our own hiftorians. Felton.-When I fhall propose the standard whereby I give judgment, any man may easily inform himself of the measure of it. Woodward.-The court which used to be the standard of propriety, ever fince conti. nued the worst school in England. Swift.

Firft follow nature, and your judgment frame By her juft standard.

Pope. 3. That which has been tried by the proper teft. The English tongue, if refined to a certain standard, perhaps might be fixed for ever. Swift.

Imprint on ev'ry act its standard worth. Prior. 4. A fettled rate.-That precife weight and finenefs, by law appropriated to the pieces of each denomination, is called the standard. Locke.-The device of King Henry VII. was profound in making farms of a standard, that is, maintained with fuch a proportion of lands as may breed a fubject to live in plenty. Bacon.—A standurd might be made, under which no horse should be used for draught. Temple.--By the prefent standard of the Hudibras. coinage, fixty two fhillings are coined out of one

Does it not stand me now upon? Shak. -The king knowing well that it stood him upon, by to much the sooner to dispatch with the rebels. Bacon.

It stands me much-uponT'enervate this objection.

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