STANDING, ppr.

1. Continuance; duration or existence; as, a custom of long standing.
2. Possession of an office, character or place; as; a patron or officer of long standing.
3. Station; place to stand in. I will provide you with a good standing to see his entry. – Bacon.
4. Power to stand. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing. – Ps. lxix.
5. Rank; condition in society; as, a man of good standing or of high standing among his friends. Standing off, sailing from the land. Standing on, sailing to land. [Irving uses the nouns, standings off and standings on.]

1. Being on the feet; being erect. [See Stand.]
2. Moving in a certain direction to or from an object.
3. adj. Settled; established, either by law or by custom, &c.; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army. Money is the standing measure of the value of all other commodities. Legislative bodies have certain standing rules of proceeding. Courts of law are or ought to be governed by standing rules. There are standing rules of pleading. The Gospel furnishes us with standing rules of morality. The Jews by their dispersion and their present condition, are a standing evidence of the truth of revelation and of the prediction of Moses. Many fashionable vices and follies ought to be the standing objects of ridicule.
4. Lasting; not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; as, a standing color.
5. Stagnant; not flowing; as, standing water.
6. Fixed; not movable; as, a standing bed; distinguished from a truckle bed. – Shak.
7. Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn. Standing rigging, of a ship. This consists of the cordage or ropes which sustain the masts and remain fixed in their position. Such are the shrouds and stays.

1. Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.
2. The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.
3. Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.
4. Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing.
   
   

   An ancient thing of long standing. Bunyan.

5. Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color.
6. Place to stand in; station; stand.
   
   

   I will provide you a good standing to see his entry. Bacon.

   I think in deep mire, where there is no standing. Ps. lxix. 2.

7. Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees.
8. Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing.
   
   

   Standing off (Naut.), sailing from the land. -- Standing on (Naut.), sailing toward land.

9. Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed).
   
   

   Standing army. See Standing army, under Army. -- Standing bolt. See Stud bolt, under Stud, a stem. -- Standing committee, in legislative bodies, etc., a committee appointed for the consideration of all subjects of a particular class which shall arise during the session or a stated period. -- Standing cup, a tall goblet, with a foot and a cover. -- Standing finish (Arch.), that part of the interior fittings, esp. of a dwelling house, which is permanent and fixed in its place, as distinguished from doors, sashes, etc. -- Standing order (Eccl.), the denomination (Congregiational) established by law; -- a term formerly used in Connecticut. See also under Order. -- Standing part. (Naut.) (a) That part of a tackle which is made fast to a block, point, or other object. (b) That part of a rope around which turns are taken with the running part in making a knot of the like. -- Standing rigging (Naut.), the cordage or rope which sustain the masts and remain fixed in their position, as the shrouds and stays, -- distinguished from running rigging.