stand v Cp OED ~ v 41 'to endure, last' for sense 1.
1 To remain unimpaired, in good condition; to continue in good supply.
1873 CARROLL 39 Herrings taken in nets are far superior, as they are not deprived of their silvery coat, and by no means injured inside: and not only that, but Herrings taken in nets will stand good longer without salt than those taken in seines. T 54/9-64 An' by an' by he said, 'How's the rum standin'?' I said. 'There's about a good drink left in the bottle.' 'Well,' he said, 'boy, we'll finish it.' T 141/68-652 But the planters' schooners always had barked sails down here. The canvas stood longer, see.
2 Phr stand against the salt: to go towards meeting the expense of an undertaking (P 54-59).
stand on its legs: of a seal net, to remain taut in a vertical position.
[1802] 1895 PROWSE 419 The seals bolt into the nets while ranging at the bottom in quest of food, which makes it necessary to keep the nets to the ground. where they are made to stand on their legs, as the phrase is, by means of cork fastened at equal distances along the head ropes.
3 Cpd stand-back: argument, confrontation.
T 141/66-652 'An' who in the name of fortune wrote it, then, if you didn't write it?' And they havin' the real stand-back, see.
