rand
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- Regno Unito//ɹand//
- Canada//ɹænd//
- Australia//ɹæːnd//
- Scozia//ɾand//
- /[ɹʷeənd] ~ [ɹʷɛənd]/
The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
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- 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
obsoletoA 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
raroA 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
A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
- 5
A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
Etimologia
From Middle English rand, from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic *rand, from Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō (“edge, rim, crust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to rest, prop or support oneself”). Cognate with Dutch rand (“edge, border, outskirts, rim”), German Rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts”), Swedish rand (“rand, stripe, edge, verge”). Related to rind.
sostantivo
- 1
A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
- 2
The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
Etimologia
Named after Witwatersrand; the last element is Afrikaans rand (“ridge”), from Dutch rand, from Old Saxon rand, from Germanic *randaz. Compare Etymology 1, and Rand. The sense of currency is because of gold that was extracted from the Witwatersrand rocks.
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obsoletoTo 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.
Etimologia
See rant.
sostantivo
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A random number.
Etimologia
Shortened from random.
Forme
- plurale
- rands
- passato
- randed
- participio passato
- randed
- participio presente
- randing
- 3ª persona singolare
- rands
rand · The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
Rand · The Witwatersrand, a gold-mining geographic area also known…Randall · A male given name from the Germanic languages.Randolph · A male given name from the Germanic languages.