STAND (2)

stand (2). Stand, n. a stop, halt, station, post, difficulty, prop, a musket and its apparatus

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Stand (@stănd), v. t. 1. 1. To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
2. 2. To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand. “Love stood the siege.” Dryden.
He stood the furious foe. Pope. 3. 3. To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.
Bid him disband his legions, . . . And stand the judgment of a Roman senate. Addison. 4. 4. To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.
5. 5. To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat. Thackeray.
To stand fire, to receive the fire of arms from an enemy without giving way. — To stand one's ground, to keep the ground or station one has taken; to maintain one's position. “Peasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers.” Macaulay. — To stand trial, to sustain the trial or examination of a cause; not to give up without trial.