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To rant; to storm. [Obs.] I wept, . . . and raved, randed, and railed. J. Webster.

The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). See under Grass.

The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran. [Prov. Eng.]

The act or process of making and applying rands for shoes.

Force; violence. [Obs.] For courageously the two kings newly fought with great random and force. E. Hall.

In a random manner.

Random. [Obs.] Spenser.

Gradually accelerating the movement.

Capable of being aggrandized.

Aggrandizement. [Obs.] Waterhouse.

To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.

The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.

One who aggrandizes, or makes great.

Preceding dinner.

Stranded. Sir W. Scott.

ece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof. Palfrey.

A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.

A branding iron.

of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand.

Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.