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(older forms randon, randoun; from the French, cf. randir, to run quickly, impetuously; generally taken to be of Teutonic origin and connected with Ger. Rand, edge, brim, the idea being possibly of a brimming river), an adjective originally meaning impetuous, hasty, hence done without purpose or aim, haphazard. The term "random work" is used, in architecture, by the rag-stone masons, for stones fitted together at random without any attempt at laying them in courses. "Random coursed work" is a like term applied to work coursed in horizontal beds, but the stones are of varying height, and fitted to one another (see Masonry).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Random'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/r/random.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Random'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/r/random.html. 1910.
