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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

rand¹ / rand; ränd; ränt/ • n. the basic monetary unit of South Africa, equal to 100 cents. rand² • n. a strip of leather placed under the back part of a shoe or boot to make it level before the lifts of the heel are attached.

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rand

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

rand (dial.) border, margin OE.; (dial.) strip, long slice XIV; strip of leather used in the sole of a boot or shoe XVI. OE. rand brink, bank, shield, corr. to OS. rand (Du. rand edge, ridge), OHG. rant (G. rand), ON. rǫnd edge, rim of a shield.

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Rand

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Rand Lincs. Rande 1086 (DB). ‘(Place at) the border or edge’. OE rand.

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rand

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

rand. Border, fillet, margin, or rim, especially in landscape-gardening.

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rand

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

rand •and, band, bland, brand, expand, firsthand, gland, grand, hand, land, manned, misunderstand, offhand, rand, righthand, Samarkand, sand, stand, strand, thirdhand, underhand, undermanned, understand, unplanned, untanned, withstand •graduand • hatband • armband •headband • neckband • sweatband •waistband • waveband • wristband •broadband • showband • noseband •saraband • backhand • chargehand •farmhand • deckhand • stagehand •freehand • millhand • behindhand •longhand •beforehand, forehand •shorthand • gangland • Lapland •flatland • no-man's-land • Saarland •farmland • grassland • marshland •fenland • wetland • Sudetenland •wasteland • dreamland • peatland •Matabeleland • Ngamiland •fairyland • Dixieland • Swaziland •Thailand • Rhineland • swampland •washland • homeland • Heligoland •Basutoland •clubland, scrubland •timberland • borderland •wonderland • Nagaland • Helgoland •Bechuanaland, Gondwanaland •Mashonaland • Damaraland •Nyasaland • platteland • hinterland •fatherland • motherland •Namaqualand • Öland • allemande •confirmand • ordinand • Ferdinand •Talleyrand • firebrand • Krugerrand •honorand • Witwatersrand •greensand • quicksand • analysand •Streisand • ampersand •bandstand, grandstand, handstand •hatstand • kickstand • inkstand •washstand • hallstand • news-stand

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