3. (Naut.) Ply, urge, use vigorously, persevere in using.

Stand to it. Persist in the opinion, stick to it.

Stand to reason. Seem reasonable, appear consistent.

Stand under. Undergo, sustain, endure.

Stand up. Rise, get upon one’s feet.

Stand up for. Defend, justify, uphold, support, sustain.

Stand upon.

    1. Insist upon.
    2. Value, pride one’s self on, think much of.
    3. Concern, interest, touch.

Stand with Be consistent with, agree.

Stannel, n. [Written also Stannyel.] Kestrel, castrel, windhover, stonegall, stand-gale (Falcotinnunculus).

Stanza, n. Stave, staff.

Staple, n.

    1. Chief commodity (of a country or a district), principal production.
    2. Fibre (of cotton, wool, etc.), pile, filament, thread.
    3. Raw material, unmanufactured material.
    4. Bulk, mass, body, substance, principal part, greater part, chief ingredient.

Staple, a. Chief, principal.

Star, n.

    1. Heavenly body, luminary.
    2. Asterisk, figure of a star.
    3. Fate, fortune, destiny, lot, doom.

  By PanEris using Melati.

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