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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Rand

/(rănd)/ · IPA /ɹænd/
01 n. A border; edge; margin.
  1. 1.
    A border; edge; margin.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  2. 2.
    A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
  3. 3.
    A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel.
02 n. Rim; edge; border.
  1. 1.
    Rim; edge; border.[South Africa]
  2. 2.
    The monetary unit of the Union of South Africa.
Phrases & compounds
The Rand — a rocky gold-bearing ridge in South Africa, about thirty miles long, on which Johannesburg is situated; also, the gold-mining district including this ridge.
03 v. i. To rant; to storm.
  1. 1.
    To rant; to storm.[Obs.]
    “I wept, . . . and raved, and randed, and railed.” — J. Webster.