Meaning of WHERRY
| Pronunciation: | | 'weree
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- [n] light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors
- [n] (British) sailing barge used especially in East Anglia
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| | Synonyms: | | Norfolk wherry |
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| | See Also: | | barge, dinghy, dory, flatboat, hoy, lighter, rowboat | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Wher"ry\, n.; pl. {Wherries}. [Cf. Icel. hverfr shifty,
crank, hverfa to turn, E. whirl, wharf.] (Naut.)
(a) A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a
kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing. [Eng.]
(b) A long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast
rowing or sailing; esp., a racing boat rowed by one
person with sculls.
\Wher"ry\, n. [Cf. W. chwerw bitter.]
A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice
is expressed; -- sometimes called {crab wherry}. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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