AtDDtA1: The Light over the Ranges

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See also "Traverse"

Jasper Fidge:

"Also, from Webster's 1913:

7. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an 
expedition.

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

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; as, the range of one's voice, or 
authority."