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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harry \Har"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harried}( ?); p. pr & vb
n. {Harrying}.] [OF. harwen, herien, her[yogh]ien, AS
hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr here army;
akin to G. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth.
harjis, and Lith. karas war. Gf {Harbor}, {Herald},
{Heriot}.]
1. To strip; to lay waste; as the Northmen came several
times and harried the land.
To harry this beautiful region. --W. Irving.
A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood
thrush. --J.
Burroughs
2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. --Shak.
Syn: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease;
worry; annoy; harass.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
harried
adj : troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;
"harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression";
"her poor pestered father had to endure her constant
interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly
teenager" [syn: {annoyed}, {harassed}, {pestered}, {vexed}]
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