Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rand \Rand\, n. [D.] (D. pron. ?)
   Rim; egde; border. [South Africa]

   {The Rand}, a rocky gold-bearing ridge in South Africa, about
      thirty miles long, on which Johannesburg is situated;
      also, the gold-mining district including this ridge.

Rand \Rand\, v. i. [See {Rant}.]
   To rant; to storm. [Obs.]

         I wept, . . . and raved, randed, and railed. --J.
                                                  Webster.

Rand \Rand\, n. [AS. rand, rond; akin to D., Dan., Sw., & G.
   rand, Icel. r["o]nd, and probably to E. rind.]
   1. A border; edge; margin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

   2. A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or
      leg; a sort of steak. --Beau. & Fl.

   3. A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of
      leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel.

Source : WordNet®

rand
     n 1: the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
     2: United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her
        polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)
        [syn: {Ayn Rand}]
     3: a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern
        South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and
        manganese [syn: {Witwatersrand}, {Reef}]