harry, ravage
(verb) make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
(verb) annoy continually or chronically; “He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked”; “This man harasses his female co-workers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Harry
A male given name from Germanic languages, also used as a pet form of Henry and Harold.
(rare compared to given name) A patronymic surname.
harry (third-person singular simple present harries, present participle harrying, simple past and past participle harried) (transitive)
To plunder, pillage, assault.
To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
To strip, lay waste, ravage.
To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.
Source: Wiktionary
Har"ry, v. t.. [imp. & p. p. Harried( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Harrying.] Etym: [OF. harwen, herien, her, AS. hergisn 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.
Har"ry, v. i..
Definition: To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
