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.
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.
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}.