(also figuratively) A military encounter, especially against (often greatly) superior odds, generally as a last resort, whether to save another army or city, or as a last act of defiance, and often resulting in the total annihilation of the weaker force.

present participle of stand pat

A large pork pie made for sharing

plural of stand pie

To insist upon certain conditions.

(military) To stand straight with eyes forward and feet together.

present participle of stand up with

present participle of stand up against

(poetry) A strophe of eight decasyllabic lines and an alexandrine, having three rhymes: the first and third; the second, fourth, fifth, and seventh; and the sixth, eighth, and ninth.

(nautical) To continue following the same course. / To observe a ceremony or tradition; to insist on proper behavior or recognition.