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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Standing, -yng, vbl. n. Also: -eing. [ME and e.m.E. stonding (Wyclif), standynge (c1510); Stand v.]
1. Reputation; chiefly, high regard or status, also, the status conferred by age, the law, etc.; welfare, wellbeing. b. An instance of this: A benefit or advantage.1513 Doug. iii x 42.
Tha elrych bredyr, with thar lukis thrawyn, Thocht not avalyt, thar standyng haue we knawyn, Ane horribil sort [etc.] 1570 Mar & Kellie MSS 24.
Without your Lordshipis be cairfull of the standing of it I feir the yshue 1589 Bk. Univ. Kirk II 756.
Of the … perrelling of the Kingis Maiesteis estate and standing 1589 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 490.
To patche wp ane dowbtfull new plateforme in hope of ther owen better standing c1590 Fowler II 149/30.
[The servant] sall persave that he can not mentaine his estat without his princis standing 1581 Hamilton Facile Tr. in Cath. Tr. (STS) 243/13.
This heresie [sc. adultery] baith repugnes to the trew law of God and is preiudiciable to the lawful standing of noble houses whilks God blissis throw a lauful generation and cursis be ane adulterous race 1605 Glasgow Chart. I i dcviii.
The … haill bodie of this toun, efter … lang disputatioun … concernyng thair commoun weill, quyetnes and standing thairof, … hes concludit [etc.] 1610 Bk. Old Edinb. C. XIV 41.
For the weill and standing of the bretherheid of oure haill four callingis 16… Anal. Scot. II 269.
The weilfair and standing of my hous 1651 Lamont Diary 26.
They [sc. the nobles] came in order to the king (from the youngest in standing to the eldest) 1659 Rothesay B. Rec. 36.
They sall asist unanimously for standing for the towne and what can contribute for the weill and priviledges and liberties thairof 1661 Irvine Deeds 12 Aug.
In speciall considerationn of his maniefold lovelie respectis and guid deuties done be him to me every way tending to my weill utilitie and standing 1676 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Reg. H.) 12 Jan.
Hir son to be helpfull to his father in evrie theing … tendeing to the good and standeing of the whole familieb. 1594 Highland P. I 187.
Then he replyit I wes nae worthy to have that benefit shewen me … also that I declairit myself a beist in refusing to doe that quhilk wuld be a standing to me
2. Sustenance (for an animal).1595 Skene in Misc. Stair Soc. I 144.
Thair is … na hedder ground ewis the samyn perteining thairto, without the quhilkis the yowis can haif na standing in winter 1600 Edinb. B. Rec. V 274.
That thai tak na mair for the hors standing and stray nor tua schillings for the xxiiij houris and for the pek of hors coirne fyve schillingis
3. The action of Stand v. in senses a. 1 b and 2 f. b. 15 or 16: ? Steeping or ? not in use. c. 37: Proroguing.a. (1) 1690 Edinb. B. Rec. XII 50.
The … profanatione of the Lords day by peoples idlestanding and vageing upon the streets of this city(2) 1589–90 Edinb. B. Rec. V 340.
Under the payne of standing in the jougis 1602 Elgin Rec. II 106.b. c1640 Wemyss in Sc. Diaries 125.
When ther pans ar att beitte; herthing or standing could I give them 3 lib. that wiekc. 1544 Acts II 447/2.
Nochtwithstanding the perpetuale rynnyng and standing our of the seit of parliament it salbe lesum [etc.]
4. Of an event, process, etc.: The period of time during which it is in force or is happening.1633 Dunkeld Presb. II 370.
During the standing of the said takes undischairged 1680 Irvine Deeds (Marriage Contract).
Lands … that he shall happen to … acquyre during the standing of the sd marriadge 1688 Five Letters from a Gentleman in Scotland 4 (25 Dec.).
The students were divided according to their classes (that is their years of standing)
5. Attachment or adherence (to something).1646 Inverness Rec. II 191.
Grivances and sufferinges throche thair adhearance and standing to the good caus to the estaites of this kingdome
