rand

nom

1. 1

   The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.

   at the wald's rand; the rand of the marsh

   Outside the rand or steep edge of this dome the bog is permanently ringed around by a zone liable to base-rich flooding, and this zone, the lagg, carries a persistent fen or carr vegetation.

   Lagg (1) Marginal zone outside the rand containing fen vegetation and representing the transition between raised bog peat and mineral soils.

   […] the rands, especially near the Teifi river, are very steep.

2. 2

   obsolèteA strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.

   They came with chopping-knives / To cut me into rands and sirloins

3. 3

   rareA border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.

   They quarrelled an' fought 'mang the clippin's an' rands, / The tailor insistin' the colour was blue.

4. 4

   A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.

5. 5

   A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.

nom

1. 1

   A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand

2. 2

   The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.

verbe

1. 1

   obsolèteTo rant; to storm.

   […] I ſmelt out my noble ſtincker Greenſheild in his Chamber, and as tho my heart ſtringes had bin crackt, I vvept, & thumpd, and thumpd, and rau'd and randed, and raild, and told him hovv my vvife vvas novv grovvne as common as baibery, and that ſhee had hierd her Taylor to ride vvith her to VVare, to meete a Gentleman of the Court.

nom

1. 1

   A random number.

Formes

pluriel

rands

passé

randed

participe passé

randed

participe présent

randing

3ᵉ personne du singulier

rands