Noah Webster
Random
RAN'DOM, noun
1. A roving motion or course without direction; hence, want of direction, rule or method; hazard; chance; used in the phrase, at random that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard.
2. Course; motion; progression; distance of a body thrown; as the furthest random of a missile weapon.
RAN'DOM, adjective
1. Done at hazard or without settled aim or purpose; left to chance; as a random blow.
2. Uttered or done without previous calculation; as a random guess.