RAN
Ran, n. Etym: [As. ran.]
Defn: Open robbery. [Obs.] Lambarde.
RAN
Ran, n. (Naut.)
Defn: Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
RANA
Ra"na, n. Etym: [L., a frog.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs.
RANAL
Ra"nal, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous plants. Ranal alliance (Bot.), a name proposed by Lindley for a group of natural orders, including Ranunculaceæ, Magnoliaceæ, Papaveraceæ, and others related to them.
RANCE
Rance, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. A prop or shore. [Scot.]