What is "to stand fire"

Stand \Stand\ (st[a^]nd), v. t.

1. To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.

2. To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand. ``Love stood the siege.''
   --Dryden.

   He stood the furious foe.
   --Pope.

3. To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.

   Bid him disband his legions, . . . And stand the judgment of a Roman senate.
   --Addison.

4. To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.

5. To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat. [Colloq.]
   --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.