the rand

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the rand - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rand \Rand\ (r[a^]nd), n. [D.] (D. pron. r[.a]nt)
     Rim; edge; border. [South Africa]
  
     2. The monetary unit of the Union of South Africa.
        [PJC]
  
     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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]