randan (2)

[Etym. doubtful; perhaps connected with random (q. v.).] 1. A boat worked by three rowers with four oars, the middle rower using a pair of sculls, the other two one oar each. "People in punts and gigs, randans, gondolas, and canoes."-London Daily Telegraph, 2. A spree, a drinking-bout. (Used only in the phrase, to go or be on the randan.) (Eng. slang.) rănd-ing, s. [Eng. rand , and suff. -ing .] The proce of manufacturing and applying rands for shoes.