Gran"ny (?), n. A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman.

Granny's bend, or Granny's knot(Naut.), a kind of insecure knot or hitch; a reef knot crossed the wrong way.

GRANNY. An abbreviation of grandmother; also the name
of an idiot, famous for licking, her eye, who died Nov. 14,
1719. Go teach your granny to suck eggs; said to such
as would instruct any one in a matter he knows better than
themselves.