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▪ I. upˈstanding, vbl. n.
[up- 7.]
The action of standing (up), or rising to one's feet; the fact of remaining in place.
Some dialect uses are recorded in the Eng. Dial. Dict.
1535Coverdale Isaiah xxxiii. 3 Graunte..that at thy vpstondinge the Gentiles maye be scatred abrode. 1538Latimer in Nichols Hist. Leics. (1800) III. 1065/2 He wold be an humble sewter..for the upstandynge of his forsayd howsse. 1861J. Edmond Children's Ch. at Home xi. 166 There were many feelings expressed in that upstanding and applause. 1886Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. cxxxvi. 6 The original upheaval and perpetual upstanding of the habitable land.
▪ II. upˈstanding, pres. pple.
[up- 6.]
1. Standing up; erect; on one's feet.
c1375Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B.) 261 Saye pater-noster, ȝit vp-standande. c1440Pallad. on Husb. xii. 601 Mydday & ouernoon..A mydde is noon vpstondyng right. 1596Spenser F.Q. v. vii. 20 With long locks vp-standing, [he] stifly stared. 1628May Virg. Georg. iii. 99 The water-snakes, with scales up-standing, dy. 1828Atherstone Fall of Nineveh I. 142 Toward the Median camp, Upstanding in his car, himself looked out. 1861Illustr. Lond. News 1 June 505/1 A white-headed clergyman was called upon to say prayers, which he did upstanding. 1884A. Brassey Egypt after War iv. 17 Feb., In the court outside are two obelisks, one still upstanding.
2. fig. Remaining in good estate, intact, or in the same condition. north. dial.
c1450Lay Folks Mass Bk. 70 We sall pray..for all lande tyllande, þat god..maynteyn þame so, þat þai may be up⁓standand. 1649W. G. Surv. Newcastle upon Tine 24 All his stock upstanding, he living all that time of the Profit that his ground yeelded. 1855[Robinson] Whitby Gloss., Upstanding, remaining as heretofore.
3. Mining. (See quot.)
1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-m. 269 Up-standing, the condition of a goaf when such portions of the pillars are worked away as still to leave the roof supported.
▪ III. upˈstanding, ppl. a.
[up- 6 b.]
1. Standing up; erect.
c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 332 Aho on upstandende twiᵹ. c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 154 Pira, upstandende herebeacn. c1384Chaucer H. Fame 1389 She Had also fele vpstondyng eres And tonges, as on bestes heres. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. ix. 13 Staring with hollow eyes, and stiffe vpstanding heares. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Rasibus, The top of an open, and vp-standing Hogs-head. 1628–9in Maitl. Club Misc. III. 370 To lay fyre to the upstanding Craig at the greine. 1805Southey Madoc i. vii. 87 Round the helm A coronal of high upstanding plumes. 1883Times 11 June 4/5 A pigeon is perched upon each of the two upstanding handles. 1898St. James's Gaz. 14 Nov. 13/1 A close round black toque and upstanding feathers.
2. Of animals (esp. horses) or persons: Having an erect carriage; well set up.
(a)1835Sir G. Stephen Adv. Search Horse xv. 191 Very superior, well-bred,..up-standing..seasoned horses. 1877J. Coleman's Sheep & Pigs 36 The latter are white and clean in both, and more, what are generally called upstanding sheep. 1883R. Groom Gt. Dane 13 A large, upstanding dog, of noble presence.
(b)1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. vi. 106 A well⁓grown upstanding young woman. 1894Strand Mag. VIII. 156 The Marquis was a tall, upstanding man of spare figure. 1901Longm. Mag. Dec. 147 The Nolans were all fair and big, upstanding men and women.
b. fig. Of persons: Of open, honest, or independent bearing; straightforward, downright.
1863R. S. Hawker in Byles Life (1905) 462 He found the Miners and the Fishermen an upstanding rollicking courageous people. 1889‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms (1890) 2 A lot of game upstanding chaps, that acted like men. 1890― Col. Reformer (1891) 169 As good a specimen of the thoroughbred upstanding pirate as any..in print.
3. upstanding wage, a regular or fixed wage in contrast to one dependent on circumstances.
1888W. E. Nicholson Coal-Trade Gloss. 103 Upstanding Wage, a certain weekly wage. 1897Railway Review 1 Jan. (E.E.D.), The Company are prepared to arrange a suitable upstanding-wage. |