rand : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rand	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for rand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rand n 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) Synonym(s): Rand, Ayn Rand a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese Synonym(s): Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rand \Rand\, n. [D.] (D. pron. [?]) Rim; egde; 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rand \Rand\, n. [AS. rand, rond; akin to D., Dan., Sw., & G. rand, Icel. r[94]nd, and probably to E. rind.] 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. --Beau. & Fl. 3. A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rand \Rand\, v. i. [See {Rant}.] To rant; to storm. [Obs.] I wept, . . . and raved, randed, and railed. --J. Webster.