Rang
Webster's Dictionary 1913
imp. of Ring, v. t. & i.
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1. A row; a rank; things in a line; as a range of buildings; a range of mountains; ranges of colors.
2. A class; an order.
3. The next range of beings above him are the immaterial intelligences -
5. He may take a range all the world over.
6. Space or room for excursion.
7. A man has not enough range of thought -
8. Compass or extent of excursion; space taken in by any thing extended or ranked in order; as the range of Newton's thought. No philosopher has embraced a wider range
9. Far as creation's ample range extends.
13. In gunnery, the path of a bullet or bomb, or the line it describes from the mouth of the piece to the point where it lodges; or the whole distance which it passes. When a cannon lies horizontally, it is called the right level, or point blank range; when the muzzle is elevated to 45 degrees, it is called the utmost range To this may be added the ricochet, the rolling or bounding shot, with the piece elevated from three to six degrees.
2. As a roaring lion and a ranging bear. Proverbs 28:1 .
3. To be placed in order; to be ranked.
4. 'Tis better to be lowly born, and range with humble livers in content -
5. [In this sense, rank is now used.]
6. To lie in a particular direction.
7. Which way thy forests range -
8. We say, the front of a house ranges with the line of the street.
9. To sail or pass near or in the direction of; as, to range along the coast.
1. To set in a row or in rows; to place in a regular line, lines or ranks; to dispose in the proper order; as, to range troops in a body; to range men or ships in the order of battle.
2. To dispose in proper classes, orders or divisions; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.
3. To dispose in a proper manner; to place in regular method; in a general sense. range and arrange are used indifferently in the same sense.
4. To rove over; to pass over.
6. [This use is elliptical, over being omitted.]
7. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast, that is, along the coast.
1. To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.
2. To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
3. To separate into parts; to sift.
4. To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.
5. To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.
6. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.
7. To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.
1. A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.
2. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
5. An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.
8. That which may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture.
9. Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority.
10. The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.
11. The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.
12. Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile.
13. A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced.
14. In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.
15. See Range of cable, below.
2. To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles.
3. To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
4. To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast.
Disposed in a row or line; placed in order; passed in roving placed in a particular direction.
Arrangement.
2. A dog that beats the ground.
3. In England, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business is to walk through the forest, watch the deer, present trespasses, etc.
2. That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve.
3. A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
4. One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot.
The office of the keeper of a forest or park.
The office of the keeper of a forest or park.
1. Luxuriant in growth; being of vigorous growth; as rank grass; rank weeds.
2. Seven ears came up upon one stalk, rank and good. Genesis 41:1 .
3. Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, land is rank.
7. Strong to the taste; high tasted.
8. Divers sea fowls taste rank of the fish on which they feed.
10. I do forgive thy rankest faults.
11. Gross; coarse.
12. Strong; clinching. Take rank hold. Hence,
13. Excessive; exceeding the actual value; as a rank modus in law.
14. To set rank, as the iron of a plane, to set it so as to take off a thick shaving.
1. The act of placing in lines or in order; a roving, etc.
2. A row or line, applied to troops; a line of men standing abreast or side by side, and as opposed to file, a line running the length of a company, battalion or regiment. Keep your ranks; dress your ranks.
3. Fierce fiery warriors fight upon the clouds in ranks and squadrons and right form of war.
4. Ranks, in the plural, the order of common soldiers; as, to reduce an officer to the ranks.
5. A row; a line of things, or things in a line; as a rank of osiers.
6. Degree; grade; in military affairs; as the rank of captain, colonel or general; the rank of vice-admiral.
7. Degree of elevation in civil life or station; the order of elevation or of subordination. We say, all ranks and orders of men; every man's dress and behavior should correspond with his rank; the highest and the lowest ranks of men or of other intelligent beings.
8. Class; order; division; any portion or number of things to which place, degree or order is assigned. Profligate men, by their vices, sometimes degrade themselves to the rank of brutes.
9. Degree of dignity, eminence or excellence; as a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
10. These are all virtues of a meaner rank.
11. Dignity; high place or degree in the orders of men; as a man of rank.
12. Rank and file, the order of common soldiers. Ten officers and three hundred rank and file fell in the action.
13. To fill the ranks, to supply the whole number, or a competent number.
14. To take rank, to enjoy precedence, or to have the right of taking a higher place. In Great Britain, the king's sons take rank of all the other nobles.
1. To be ranged; to be set or disposed; as in a particular degree, class, order or division.
2. Let that one article rank with the rest.
3. To be placed in a rank or ranks.
4. Go, rank in tribes, and quit the savage wood.
5. To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life. He ranks with a major. He ranks with the first class of poets. He ranks high in public estimation.
1. To place abreast or in a line.
2. To place in a particular class, order or division.
3. Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers.
4. Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft.
5. To dispose methodically; to place in suitable order.
6. Who now shall rear you to the sun, or rank your tribes?
7. Ranking all things under general and special heads.
To range about in an irregular manner.
Rangoon town
Encyclopedia Britannica
RANGOON TOWN a district in the Pegu division of the province of British Burmah, situated in 16° 47' N. lat. and 96° 13' E. long., on the left bank of the Hlaing or Rangoon river at its junction with the Pegu and Pu-zwon-doung streams, 21 miles from the sea. In 1880 the town was detached from the surrounding area of the old district of Rangoon and constituted a separate district, the remainder of the country being formed into a distinct jurisdiction under the title of Hanthawady. The soil of Rangoon in the mountains and elevated tracts is grey sandy clay, and in the plains it is mostly alluvial mixed with earth of reddish colour, well suited for the growth of rice, vegetables, and fruit trees. The Rangoon river flows from the junction of the Panlaing and Hlaing rivers to the sea; from the sea to Rangoon it is navigable during the monsoons by vessels of the largest draught, and in the dry season by vessels of 1000 tons. Pu-zwon-doung creek empties itself into the Rangoon river at Battery Point. It is navigable during the spring tides of the southwest monsoon for cargo boats of 100 tons; near its junction with the Rangoon river is a small rock, dangerous to large vessels. The only lake of any importance is the Kandaugyi or Royal Lake within the Dalhousie Park. The chief products of the district are grains and pulses (principally rice), cotton, timber, and cutch (catechu) and gambier. Rangoon comprises an area of 22 square miles, with a population in 1881 of 134,176 (males 91,504, females 42,672); Hindus numbered 35,871, Mohammedans 21,169, Christians 9741, and Buddhists 67,131....
The town was first built in 1753 by Aloung-blioora, the founder of the Burmese monarchy. On the outbreak of the first Burmese War, in 1824, it was taken by the British, but subsequently restored to the native power. It was captured a second time in 1852 and passed along with the province of Pegu into the hands of the British. The town was destroyed by fire in 1850, and serious conflagrations occurred again in 1853 and 1855. Since the last devastation Rangoon has undergone considerable improvements; among the latest may be mentioned the construction of steam tramways in the principal thoroughfares and the establishment of a volunteer fire brigade.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 20, p. 271
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Rangpur
Encyclopedia Britannica
RANGPUR a district of British India, in the lieutenant-governorship of Bengal, lying between 25° 3' and 26° 19' N. lat. and 88° 47' and 89° 56' E. long., is bounded on the N. by Jalpdiguri district and Kuch Behar state, on the E. by the Brahmaputra, separating it from Goalpara and Maimansinh, on the S. by Bogra, and on the W. by Dinajpur and JalpAiguri. The district is one vast plain; the greater part of it, particularly towards the east, is inundated during the rains, and the remainder is traversed by a network of streams which frequently break through their sandy banks and ])lough for themselves new channels over the fields. Agricultural industry has taken full advantage of the natural fertility of the soil, which is composed of a sandy loam. The river system is constituted by the Brahmaputra and its tributaries, chief of which are the Tista, Dharla, Sankos, and Dudhkumar. There are no embankments or artificial canals in the district, nor does the alluvial soil produce any minerals. The climate of Rangpur is generally malarious owing to the numerous stagnant swamps and marshes filled with decaying vegetable matter. The average annual rainfall is 86 T 4 inches. The Northern Bengal State Railway cuts through the western half of the district from north to south, with a branch to Rangpur town....
In 1881 the population was 2,097,964 (males 1,067,701, females 1,030,263); Hindus numbered 816,532, Mohammedans 1,279,605, and Christians 86. The population is for the most part rural; the only towns containing upwards of 10,000 inhabitants are Rangpur, the capital ( q.v .), Barakhatta (11,393), Bliogdabari (10,892), and Dimlah (10,503). The district contains an area of 3486 square miles, Sbout three-fourths being under continuous cultivation. The staple crops are rice, wheat, and other grains, oil-seeds, and jute; among the miscellaneous crops are indigo, sugar-cane, betel-leaf, betel-nut, and mulberry for silkworms. Spare land capable of cultivation can hardly be said to exist,—even the patches of waste land yield a valuable tribute of reeds and cane. Of industries the chief is the manufacture of paper from jute fibre; other products are striped cotton carpets, silk cloth woven from the cocoon of a worm fed on the castor-oil plant, baskets and mats, brass-ware, and ornaments carved in ivory and buffalo horn. In 1883-84 the gross revenue of Rangpur district was £165,165, of which the land-tax contributed £102,248.
The tract comprised within the district of Rangpur was formerly the western outpost of the ancient Hindu kingdom of Kamrup. The realm appears to have attained its greatest power and prosperity under Raja Nilambhar, who was treacherously overthrown by Husain Shah, king of Bengal, at the close of the 15tli century. On the conquest of the kingdom of Bengal about 1542 by the renowned Afghan Sher Shah, subsequently emperor of Delhi, Rangpur appears to have become incorporated with the empire. During the turbulent period which followed the death of Sher Shah it threw off allegiance to Delhi, but the country was re-annexed by Akbar in 1584, though it was not completely subjugated till the time of Aurangzeb, about 1661. Rangpur passed to the East India Company in 1765 under the firman of the emperor Shah Alam. Numerous changes have since taken place in the jurisdiction, in consequence of which the district area has been much diminished.
RANGPUR principal town and administrative headquarters of the above district, is situated on the north bank of the Ghaghat river in 25° 44' N. lat. and 89° 17' E. long., and contains a population (1881) of 13,320.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 20, p. 272
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”
And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
And Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, saying, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.
And he ranged them, as a great army is ordered for the war.