rand

noun8

1. •
   The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
2. •
   A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
3. •
   The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.

   • 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. — 1963
4. •
   A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
5. •
   (dialect, rare) A 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. — 1867
6. •
   A random number.
7. •
   A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
8. •
   (dialect, no longer used) A 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 — 1621

verb1

1. •
   (no longer used) To rant; to storm.

adjective1

1. •
   Initialism of reasonable and nondiscriminatory: a standard used with respect to licensing.