Meaning of Random | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
   countable, uncountable
2. Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.
   colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable
5. The direction of a rake-vein.
   countable, uncountable
6. A frame for composing type.
   countable, historical, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Still take advice ; though counsels, when they fly / At random, sometimes hit most happily.”

“O ! many a shaft, at random sent, / Finds mark the archer little meant !”

“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 raundon”

they were messengers unto King Ban and Bors sent from King Arthur. Therefore, said the eight knights, ye shall die or be prisoners, for we be knights of King Claudas. And therewith two of them dressed their spears, and Ulfius and Brastias dressed their spears, and ran together with great random.

“[…] for coragiouſly the two kynges newely foughte with great randon and force, they ſhewed their vigors and ſtrengthes and did ſo nobly that their coũter parties had none aduaũtage.”

“Fortie yards will they shoot levell, or very neare the marke, and 120 is their best at Random.”

“[…] the angle at which the miſſive is to mount by ( if we will have it go to its furtheſt randome ) muſt be the half of a right one […]”

“The party was boring. It was full of randoms.”

“Utilization of all floor space underneath case racks and randoms is another feature of the modern composing room; […]”

“Printers' frames and randoms”

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