rand

Noun

Synonyms: Rand Ayn Rand Witwatersrand Reef

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)Synonyms: Rand Ayn Rand
a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganeseSynonyms: Witwatersrand Rand Reef

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Rand \Rand\ (r[a^]nd), n. [AS. rand, rond; akin to D., Dan., Sw., & G. rand, Icel. r["o]nd, and probably to E. rind.]

1.A border; edge; margin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

2.A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

3.A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel. [1913 Webster]

Rand \Rand\ (r[a^]nd), n. [D.] (D. pron. r[.a]nt) Rim; edge; border. [South Africa]

2.The monetary unit of the Union of South Africa. [PJC]

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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Rand \Rand\, v. i. [See Rant.] To rant; to storm. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

I wept, . . . and raved, and randed, and railed. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]