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Dead stand

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Noun
  1. 1
    A standstill.

    "Then followed a signal check to walking pace at Holloway and finally a dead stand of 5¾ min. while we stolidly contemplated the beauties of Belle Isle (not quite the equal of those of the Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore, on which I was destined to set eyes a few weeks later)."

  2. 2
    A stand of trees that have died.

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