Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STAND'ING, n.

1. Continuance; duration or existence; as, a custom of long standing.
2. Possession of an office, character or place; as; a patron or officer of long standing.
3. Station; place to stand in. I will provide you with a good standing to see his entry. – Bacon.
4. Power to stand. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing. – Ps. lxix.
5. Rank; condition in society; as, a man of good standing or of high standing among his friends. Standing off, sailing from the land. Standing on, sailing to land. [Irving uses the nouns, standings off and standings on.]