What does ranny mean?
Ranny means (obsolete outside dialects, East Anglia) A shrew (the animal)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete outside dialects, East Anglia) A shrew (the animal)..
instead of a caligation or dimness, we conclude a cecity or blindness. Which hath been frequently inferred concerning other Animals, so some affirm the Water-Rat is blind, so Sammonicus and Nicander do call the Mus-Araneus, the shrew or Ranny, blind […]
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Ranny means (obsolete outside dialects, East Anglia) A shrew (the animal)..
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instead of a caligation or dimness, we conclude a cecity or blindness. Which hath been frequently inferred concerning other Animals, so some affirm the Water-Rat is blind, so Sammonicus and Nicander do call the Mus-Araneus, the shrew or Ranny, blind […]
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