[f. STILL a. + STAND sb. So Du. stilstand, G. stillstand.]

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  1.  A stand-still. rare. Also spec. in Path.

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1597.  Shaks., 2 Hen. IV., II. iii. 64. As with the Tyde, swell’d vp vnto his height, That makes a still stand, running neyther way.

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1837.  Carlyle, Fr. Rev., I. III. i. And so, towards the end of 1783, matters threaten to come to a still-stand.

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1878.  M. Foster, Physiol., III. v. § 2 (ed. 2), 479. The lymph hearts remained in a (diastolic) still-stand.

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1885.  T. L. Brunton, Text-bk. Pharmacol., etc. xxxiii. 912. The systolic stillstand is removed, and pulsation again recommences.

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  † 2.  spec. [After G. (waffen) stillstand, Du. stilstand (van wapenen).] An armistice. Obs.

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1637.  R. Monro, Exped., I. 74. A still-stand or cessation of Armes was concluded on by both parties, for a fortnights time.

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1819.  Scott, Leg. Montrose, xi. During a still-stand of arms.

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