The Collaborative International Dictionary
Upstand \Up*stand"\, v. i.
To stand up; to be erected; to rise.
--Spenser. Milton.
At once upstood the monarch, and upstood
The wise Ulysses.
--Cowper.
Wiktionary
n. (context construction plumbing English) A section of a roof covering or flashing which turns up against a vertical surface. vb. (context intransitive English) To stand up; arise; be erect; rise.
Usage examples of "upstand".
Legs, snuck him into some upstanding hotel where no durn greasy redskins was allowed.
For a while it was called the Raymond Place, like Will was some kind of upstanding citizen.
Watson had commenced to wander, and maybe Ed figured he needed an upstanding citizen to back him up.
Johnson asked the postmaster to come along to testify to our God-fearing characters, Ted being the closest thing we had to a upstanding citizen.
Besides, the deceased had folks back in Fort Myers, and fine upstanding folks at that.
Course, Huntington was the right sort, you know, upstanding and from a good family so there was no reason for her to doubt the captain would be pleased.
Most of Kent County believed him to be a fine upstanding citizen, which his actions made undeniable.
This theory has it that the prince, never known as the brightest light or most upstanding exemplar of the Hanover line, suffered from effects of syphilis on the brain as a result of his debauching and that he used to slum in Whitechapel and pick up lowly women.
Both cases involved an upstanding, well-off, community-pillar defendant, represented by the finest legal team money could buy, who vigorously proclaimed innocence of the savage mutilation murders of one male and one female victim by bladed weapons that were not found at the scene.
Her hair was like fine-spun platinum, with the upstanding ears adorned with sparkling red jewels.
He had lost the tips of both upstanding ears to the cold, and these were still bandaged.
They somewhat resembled Jagun the Nyssomu, but were shorter and more fragile in appearance, with wider, more upstanding ears, larger golden eyes, and sharper teeth in their broad mouths.
Her face was nearly human in delineation, save for the overlarge eyes and the graceful upstanding ears nearly hidden in her pale hair.
Ralabun also vexed Tolivar by stopping again and again to survey the forest, swiveling his long upstanding ears, sniffing the rainy air, and cautioning against the stealthy approach of ravening beasts that never actually appeared.
Her pale hair, with the graceful upstanding ears peeking through it, seemed to stir in the sea breeze.