rand /ˈrænd, ˈrɑnd, ˈrɑnt/
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Rand n.
1. A border; edge; margin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
3. A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel.
Rand n. Rim; edge; border. [South Africa]
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.
Rand, v. i. To rant; to storm. [Obs.]
I wept, . . . and raved, and randed, and railed. --J. Webster.
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rand
n 1: the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
2: United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her
polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)
[syn: Ayn Rand]
3: a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern
South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and
manganese [syn: Witwatersrand, Reef]