Rand

[rænd;rænt] or [rænd]

Definition

(noun.) United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982).

(noun.) the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents.

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Definition

(n.) A border; edge; margin.

(n.) A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.

(n.) A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel.

(v. i.) To rant; to storm.

Editor: Pratt

Definition

v.i. an old form of rant.

n. a strip of flesh or of leather: one of the slips beneath the heel of the shoe called the heel-rand: a margin border edge of a stream: a territory as the Rand in the Transvaal.—ns. Rand′ing-machine′ a machine for fitting rands to heel-blanks; Rand′ing-tool a tool for cutting out rands for shoes.

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