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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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