ranny en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin mūsarāneus (“shrew, fieldmouse”).
Meanings
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(East-Anglia, dialectal, obsolete) 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 […]
1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, section XVIII:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rannies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |