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Upstand

Key with acorn-shaped eye with upstand. One of the four teeth of the beard is missing.
Key with acorn-shaped eye with upstand. One of the four teeth of the beard is missing.
Illustrations
The person portrayed wears a tied white tie, upstanding collars and a cloak. He looks to the right. Below the portrait his name.
The person portrayed wears a tied white tie, upstanding collars and a cloak. He looks to the right. Below the portrait his name.
"Venetian key" with a rose in the round handle on which there is a cross-shaped upstand with eye. The capital is ribbed.
"Venetian key" with a rose in the round handle on which there is a cross-shaped upstand with eye. The capital is ribbed.
Sliding key with handle consisting of a downward-turned C-volute, above which a little upstand, which serves for the eye. The beard is attached to the flat key chest with a side joint and ends in an arrow. Beard damaged.
Sliding key with handle consisting of a downward-turned C-volute, above which a little upstand, which serves for the eye. The beard is attached to the flat key chest with a side joint and ends in an arrow. Beard damaged.
Design for a desk with upstand, a so-called 'Cantourgen', standing on a checkered floor, the cross-section of which depends on the furniture from above, with a cross-section of the side view of the furniture on the left. At the bottom right a start of a scale.
Design for a desk with upstand, a so-called 'Cantourgen', standing on a checkered floor, the cross-section of which depends on the furniture from above, with a cross-section of the side view of the furniture on the left. At the bottom right a start of a scale.
Upstands and detailed details of the Porticus of Octavius, an inner garden surrounded by colonnades, in Rome. Flat with text on the right. Numbered above: Tom. IV. / XL.
Upstands and detailed details of the Porticus of Octavius, an inner garden surrounded by colonnades, in Rome. Flat with text on the right. Numbered above: Tom. IV. / XL.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Upstand
    To stand up; to be erected; to rise. "At once upstood the monarch, and upstood The wise Ulysses."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. upstand
    To stand up; be erect; rise.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.i) Upstand
    up-stand′ (Milt.) to stand up
  2. (pa.t) Upstand
    upstood′
Usage in the news

And as upstanding citizens, they obey the law. petersburgpilot.com

An upstanding FBI agent arrives in a small town where he must join forces with a provincial cop to solve a murder. denverpost.com

Upstanding undocumented immigrants test an overburdened system and tenuous reform efforts. tucsonweekly.com

My, my, what upstanding citizens they are. baltimoresun.com

It's 3pm on a Tuesday -- well before a fine, upstanding citizen should have a cocktail. urbantulsa.com

UpStand a fine iPad stand (if only it had more flexibility). mactech.com

Hali Poteshman, a developer of the Upstander program with the Holocaust Center, at her home in Winter Park with her sons Matthew and Sam Poteshman. observernewspapers.net

Pouch with spine is upstanding innovation for refills. packworld.com

Some who knew Joshua Oaks Churchwell, the boy found dead in a Denver field last week, remembered him Tuesday as an outgoing child and the son of an upstanding Burlington family. denverpost.com

Can religion make you a more honest, upstanding person. slate.com

Oh yeah, I'm sure these Georgian cyberwarriors never behave in any way that resembles "criminals"– just like this obscure Russian malware cyberspy is an upstanding global citizen. ired.com

MILAN — With a balcony lined with trailing ivy and upstanding cacti and the runway filled with references to colorful Sicilian markets, the Dolce & Gabbana show on Sunday was never going to be in the minimalist mode. nytimes.com

Employee theft and shoplifting will cost retailers nearly $9 billion this holiday season , and unfortunately it's the upstanding consumer who pays for that loss in the end. kodm.com

Employee theft and shoplifting will cost retailers nearly $9 billion this holiday season, and unfortunately it's the upstanding consumer who pays for that loss in the end. catcountry1073.com

Abandoning power and humiliating the country by "reporting to the chairman" and trampling on freedom and media independence and dignity — such traitorous and shameless actions are completely unacceptable to all upstanding Taiwanese. taipeitimes.com

Usage in scientific papers

The important aspect of promoting the healthy development of the cloud computing market is to establish a upstanding cloud computing ecosystem.
Interoperability and Standardization of Intercloud Cloud Computing

Usage in literature

He's a sort of upstanding fellow. "The Man Next Door" by Emerson Hough

The girl was still clinging to the upstanding roots when Marcel leapt from his seat on the trunk and stood confronting her. "The Heart of Unaga" by Ridgwell Cullum

Presently, the fellow returned with a fine upstanding, raw-boned, dark brown horse. "Under the Rebel's Reign" by Charles Neufeld

What an upstanding, fine, frank lad he appears to be. "Old Valentines" by Munson Aldrich Havens

He was big and upstanding, with a look of honesty that Pen liked. "Still Jim" by Honoré Willsie Morrow

We rode up Majuba Hill as far as we could, finding it a great upstanding hill with a flat top overlooking the nek. "With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900)" by Charles Richard Newdigate Burne

You'd make a real upstander in a swell house, with folks waitin' around on you, an' di'monds an' things. "The Golden Woman" by Ridgwell Cullum

Snow lay deep over every one of those intervening, upstanding miles! "A Mountain Boyhood" by Joe Mills

Circling the summit, leaping to keep himself behind the upstanding crags. "Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930" by Various

Just in front of them, where there still was a channel of water, was an upstanding rock. "Robinetta" by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Usage in poetry
I rose and saw the sheaves
Upstanding in a row;
The reapers sang Thy praise
While passing to and fro.
"Mea Culpa" by Anna Johnston MacManus
My angel, her defender
Upstanding, spreads the light
On painted clouds of fancy
And mists that touch the height.
"Our Guardian Angels And Their Children" by Vachel Lindsay
Beyond the pasture's withered bents,
Upstanding hop, recumbent fleece,
And sheaves of wheat, like weathered tents,
A twilight bivouac of peace.
"Outside The Village Church" by Alfred Austin Author object (26)
Beyond the pasture's withered bents,
Upstanding hop, recumbent fleece,
And sheaves of wheat, like weathered tents,
A twilight bivouac of peace.
""Beyond the pasture's withered bents "" by Alfred Austin Author object (26)
All along the road the reddish
purplish, forked, upstanding, twiggy
stuff of bushes and small trees
with dead, brown leaves under them
leafless vines —
"Spring And All" by William Carlos Williams
You went by, a man upstanding,
On your head a wide dish, holding
Dark and golden lumps of honey;
You went slowly, like an old horse
That's not driven any longer,
But that likes to take an amble.
"Reminiscence" by Padraic Colum Author object (525)