| Stable stand | (O.Eng. Law) The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 浮き足;浮足 | [うきあし, ukiashi] (n) (1) standing on the balls of the feet; unsteady step; unstable stance; (2) having one's feet off the ground; reeling (from); swept away (by); in an ecstasy (of) [Add to Longdo] |