RANDOM

Definitions

1. 1. Force; violence. [Obs.] For courageously the two kings newly fought with great random and force. E. Hall.
2. 2. A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard. Counsels, when they fly At random, sometimes hit most happily. Herrick. O, many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant ! Sir W. Scott.
3. 3. Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball. Sir K. Digby.
4. 4. The direction of a rake-vein. Raymond.