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Stand :: Stand (n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm positio.

Honor :: Honor (n.) That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity..

Mast :: Mast (n.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel..

Rectitude :: Rectitude (n.) Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice..

Down :: Down (adv.) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion..

Straight :: Straight (superl.) Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing..

Indirectness :: Indirectness (n.) Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty.

Puncheon :: Puncheon (n.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud..

Palmyra :: Palmyra (n.) A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts..

Uprightly :: Uprightly (adv.) In an upright manner.

Stack :: Stack (a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel..

Virtuous :: Virtuous (a.) Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action..

Ronde :: Ronde (n.) A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look..

Overset :: Overset (v. t.) To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building..

Quartering :: Quartering (n.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.).

Poppet :: Poppet (n.) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching..

Honorable :: Honorable (a.) Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive..

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

Palus :: Palus (n.) One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.

Righteousness :: Righteousness (n.) The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.

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