Standard \Stand"ard\ (-[~e]rd), n. [OF. estendart, F.
   ['e]tendard, 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.
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            His armies, in the following day,
            On those fair plains their standards proud display.
                                                  --Fairfax.
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   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.
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   3. That which is established as a rule or model by authority,
      custom, or general consent; criterion; test.
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            The court, which used to be the standard of
            propriety and correctness of speech.  --Swift.
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            A disposition to preserve, and an ability to
            improve, taken together, would be my standard of a
            statesman.                            --Burke.
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   4. (Coinage) The proportion of weights of fine metal and
      alloy established by authority.
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            By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two
            shillings is coined out of one pound weight of
            silver.                               --Arbuthnot.
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   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.
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            In France part of their gardens is laid out for
            flowers, others for fruits; some standards, some
            against walls.                        --Sir W.
                                                  Temple.
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   6. (Bot.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous
      corolla.
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   7. (Mech. & Carp.) An upright support, as one of the poles of
      a scaffold; any upright in framing.
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   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.
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   9. The sheth of a plow.
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   10. A large drinking cup. --Greene.
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   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.
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