Rance, rans, n. a prop, as for the support of a congreve-rocket.
I never had such a slippery time in all the days o' my life,' said rans.
While virtually all this reef is pollock ground, Crawleys and rans perhaps furnish the best fishing.
Cadrans, kad′rans, n. a wooden instrument by which a gem is adjusted while being cut.
Outrance, owt′rans, n. the utmost extremity: the bitter end.
Her poor little play was not even mentioned, as Chet would have said, among the also rans!
As we went, they played the 'rans des Vaches' and other airs, by way of farewell.
past tense of run (v.), Old English ran.
