Definition of "ranny" []

• A shrew (in the sense of the mouselike animal). (noun)

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• "[(\223I) 22 (arose from the bank superior to the ty) 29 (ranny) 29 (of nature, and)] TJ"
• "I had published some account of the tour I had made, in several letters; in which toy chief design was, to expose both popery and ty* ranny."
• "Never imputing the increase of their receipts, revenue, and plenty, to the wisdom, virtue, and merit of the crown; but objecdng every small imposition to the exorbitancy and ty - ranny of the government."