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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Random (random)
n.(r1913 webster dictionaryn"d1913 webster dictionarym)
Ran"dom
[OE. randon, OF. randon force, violence, rapidity, à randon, de randon, violently, suddenly, rapidly, prob. of German origin; cf. G. rand edge, border, OHG. rant shield, edge of a shield, akin to
  1. Force; violence.
    [Obs.]

    For courageously the two kings newly fought with great random and force. E. Hall.

  2. A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard.

    Counsels, when they fly
    At random, sometimes hit most happily.     Herrick.

    O, many a shaft, at random sent,
    Finds mark the archer little meant!     Sir W. Scott.

  3. Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball.
    Sir K. Digby.
  4. The direction of a rake- vein.
    Raymond.

Random

Random (random)
a.
Ran"dom
  1. Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess.

    Some random truths he can impart. Wordsworth.

    So sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle to the random. H. Spencer.

    Random courses (Masonry), courses of stone of unequal thickness. -- Random shot, a shot not directed or aimed toward any particular object, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun much elevated. -- Random work (Masonry), stonework consisting of stones of unequal sizes fitted together, but not in courses nor always with flat beds.













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