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wherry


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wherry  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wherry  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wherry 
  n  1:  (Brit)  sailing  barge  used  especially  in  East  Anglia  [syn:  {Norfolk 
  wherry}] 
  2:  light  rowboat  for  use  in  racing  or  for  transporting  goods 
  and  passengers  in  inland  waters  and  harbors 




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