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ran'dum, n. A roving motion; course witn- 6nd, eve, term Tn, ice 8dd, tone, 6r LIUuV 487 RANEDEER 469 oat definite direction hazard; chance; distance to which a mi ile thrown; range; reach, — a. Done at hazard, or without settled aim or purpose; left to chance. [OF. randir, to pre on, randonner, to run swiftly. It. a rand a, near, exactly, pern. G. rand, edge, rim, margin, AS. rand, rim of a shield, verge.] Ranedeer. Same as Reindeeu l Range, ranj, [ranged (ranjd), ranging.] To set in a row or rows, dispose in the proper order, rank; to dispose in a systematic order; to rove over, pa over; to sail or pa in a direction parallel to or near. — v. To wander without restraint or direction; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, esp. as to horizontal distance; to be placed in order, admit of arrangement or cla ification; to have a particular direction, be in a line with; to sail or pa near or in the direction of. — n. A series of things in a line a row; rank; an aggregate of individuals of like rank or degree; an order; cla ; a cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brick work, and containing pots, oven, etc.; a wandering or roving; ramble; expedition; compa or extent of excursion; natural or acquired power to comprehend or master a greater or le variety of knowledge; the variety of truth or compa of knowledge in po e ion scope. (Gun.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried. That which may be traversed or ranged over; esp., a region of country in which cattle may wander and pasture; in the land system of the U. S., a row or line of townships lying between 2 succe ive meridian lines 6 miles apart. [F. ranger, OF. renger, to rank, set in a row, arrange, F. rang, ME. and OF. reng, a rank, row, line, OlIG. firing, hrinc, a ring; ring, arrange, derange.} — Ran'ger, n. One who ranges; a dog that beats the ground; one of a body of mounted troops, who range over the country, and often fight on foot; a keeper of a forest or park.— Rank, rank, n. A row or line; a range. (Mil.) Aline of soldiers; a row of troops reckoned from side to side,— opp. to (Mil. & Naval.) Degree; grade. An aggregate of individuals together; an order; division; degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; high degree; high social position. — [ranked (rankt), ranking.] To place abreast, or in a line; to range in a particular cla , order, or division; to cla ; to dispose methodically; to take precedence of, outrank. — v. u To be ranged or set, as in a particular degree, cla , order, or division to have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life.