RANCOROUSLY
RAN'COROUSLY, adverb With deep malignity or spiteful malice.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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RAND
RAND, nounA border; edge; margin; as the rand of a shoe.
RANDOM
RAN'DOM, noun1. A roving motion or course without direction; hence, want of direction, rule or method; hazard; chance; used in the phrase, at random that is, without a settled p...
RANDOM-SHOT
RAN'DOM-SHOT, noun A shot not directed to a point, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun elevated above a horizontal line.
RANDY
RAN'DY, adjective Disorderly; riotous. [Not used or local.]
RANE
RANE,RANEDEER, nounA species of deer found in the northern parts of Europe and Asia. He has large branched palmated horns, and travels with great speed. Among the Laplanders, he...
RANEDEER
RANEDEER, n.A species of deer found in the northern parts of Europe and Asia. He has large branched palmated horns, and travels with great speed. Among the Laplanders, he is a s...
RANFORCE
RAN'FORCE, noun The ring of a gun next to the vent.[I do not find this word in modern books.]
RANGE
RANGE, verb transitive1. To set in a row or in rows; to place in a regular line, lines or ranks; to dispose in the proper order; as, to range troops in a body; to range men or s...
RANGED
RANGED, participle passive Disposed in a row or line; placed in order; passed in roving placed in a particular direction.
RANGER
RANGER, noun1. One that ranges; a rover; a robber. [Now little used.]2. A dog that beats the ground.3. In England, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters p...
RANGERSHIP
RANGERSHIP, noun The office of the keeper of a forest or park.
RANGING
RANGING, participle present tense Placing in a row or line; disposing in order, method or classes; roving; passing near and in the direction of.RANGING, noun The act of placing ...
RANK
RANK, noun [Heb.]1. A row or line, applied to troops; a line of men standing abreast or side by side, and as opposed to file, a line running the length of a company, battalion o...
RANKED
RANK'ED, participle passive Placed in a line; disposed in an order or class; arranged methodically.
RANKER
RANK'ER, noun One that disposes in ranks; one that arranges.
RANKING
RANK'ING, participle present tense Placing in ranks or lines; arranging; disposing in orders or classes; having a certain rank or grade.
RANKLE
RANK'LE, verb intransitive [from rank.]1. To grow more rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; as a rankling wound.A malady that burns and rankles inward.2. To become more vi...
RANKLY
RANK'LY, adverb1. With vigorous growth; as, grass or weeks grow rankly2. Coarsely; grossly.
RANKNESS
RANK'NESS, noun1. Vigorous growth; luxuriance; exuberance; as the rankness of plants or herbage.2. Exuberance; excess; extravagance; as the rankness of pride; the rankness of jo...
RANNY
RAN'NY, noun The shrew-mouse.
RANSACK
RAN'SACK, verb transitive [Eng. rand, and ran is rapine. The last syllable coincides with the English verb to sack, to pillage.]1. To plunder; to pillage completely; to strip by...
RANSACKED
RAN'SACKED, participle passive Pillaged; search narrowly.
RANSACKING
RAN'SACKING, participle present tense Pillaging; searching narrowly.
RANSOM
RAN'SOM, noun1. The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner or slave, or for goods captured by an enemy; that which procures the release of a prisoner or captive, o...
RANSOMED
RAN'SOMED, participle passive Redeemed or rescued from captivity, bondage or punishment by the payment of an equivalent.
RANSOMER
RAN'SOMER, noun One that redeems.