Maccabeus ranged his army by bands. 2 Macc. xii. 20.

It would be absurd in me to range myself on the side of the Duke of Bedford and the corresponding society. Burke.

Teach him to range the ditch, and force the brake. Gay.

* Compare the last two senses (5 and 6) with the French ranger une côte.

Like a ranging spaniel that barks at every bird he sees. Burton.

And range with humble livers in content. Shak.

Which way the forests range. Dryden.

Syn. -- To rove; roam; ramble; wander; stroll.

The next range of beings above him are the immaterial intelligences. Sir M. Hale.

He was bid at his first coming to take off the range, and let down the cinders. L'Estrange.

He may take a range all the world over. South.

Far as creation's ample range extends. Pope.

The range and compass of Hammond's knowledge filled the whole circle of the arts. Bp. Fell.

A man has not enough range of thought. Addison.

* The meridians included in each great survey are numbered in order east and west from the "principal meridian" of that survey, and the townships in the range are numbered north and south from the "base line," which runs east and west; as, township No. 6, N., range 7, W., from the fifth principal meridian.

Range of accommodation (Optics), the distance between the near point and the far point of distinct vision, -- usually measured and designated by the strength of the lens which if added to the refracting media of the eye would cause the rays from the near point to appear as if they came from the far point. -- Range finder (Gunnery), an instrument, or apparatus, variously constructed, for ascertaining the distance of an inaccessible object, -- used to determine what elevation must be given to a gun in order to hit the object; a position finder. -- Range of cable (Naut.), a certain length of slack cable ranged along the deck preparatory to letting go the anchor. -- Range work (Masonry), masonry of squared stones laid in courses each of which is of even height throughout the length of the wall; -- distinguished from broken range work, which consists of squared stones laid in courses not continuously of even height. -- To get the range of (an object) (Gun.), to find the angle at which the piece must be raised to reach (the object) without carrying beyond.