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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 885 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RANDAN , a name for a See also:

BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat rowed by three persons, stroke and See also:

BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow using a single See also:

OAR (A.S. kr; M. Eng. ore; Lat. remus; Gr. iperw5s : Sans. aritra; Fr. rame; Ital. Span., Port. Yana)

oar each and the central See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person a pair of sculls. The word is of unknown origin, and can hardly be connected with a See also:

SLANG

slang See also:

TERM

term for a See also:

ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

row or See also:

SPREE

spree, which is found as See also:

early as the beginning of the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and is generally taken as a variation of " See also:

RANDOM (older forms randon, randrun; 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)

random," haphazard. RANDAllO, a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, in the See also:

province of See also:

CATANIA (Gr. Katane, Rom. Catinal)

Catania, at the N. See also:

FOOT

foot of See also:

MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

Etna, 43 M. N. by W. of Catania by See also:

RAIL

rail, and 26 m. See also:

DIRECT

direct. Pop. (1901) 11,798. It has considerable remains of See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture of the 13th and 14th centuries, including three See also:

Norman churches and some interesting palaces. The former contain some See also:

FINE

fine sculptures and See also:

goldsmith's See also:

WORK

work (Mauceri in L'Arte, 1906, 185). It is the nearest town to the See also:

SUMMIT

summit of Etna (9 m.), and is one of the points from which the ascent may be made.

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