randon

Noun

random (countable and uncountable, plural randoms)

1. (now only in the phrase at random) A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
   • Still take advice ; though counsels, when they fly / At random, sometimes hit most happily.1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides, London: H. G. Clarke and Co., published 1844, page 134
2. (obsolete) Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force.
   • they were messagers vnto kyng Ban & Bors sent from kynge Arthur / therfor said the viij knyghtes ye shalle dye or be prysoners / for we ben knyghtes of kyng Claudas And therwith two of them dressid theire sperys / and Vlfyus and Brastias dressid theire speres and ranne to gyder with grete raundon1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter X, in Le Morte Darthur, book I

   Synonyms:

   force, momentum, speed, velocity

3. (obsolete) The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.
   • Fortie yards will they shoot levell, or very neare the marke, and 120 is their best at Random.1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 144
4. (colloquial, figuratively) An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.
   • The party was boring. It was full of randoms.

   Synonyms:

   rando, nobody, nonentity

5. The direction of a rake-vein.
6. (historical) A frame for composing type.
   • Utilization of all floor space underneath case racks and randoms is another feature of the modern composing room; […]1935, Newspaper World, numbers 1930-1955, page 41

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