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WHERRY
wherry
(noun) light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors
wherry, Norfolk wherry
(noun) sailing barge used especially in East Anglia
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wherry (countable and uncountable, plural wherries)
(countable) A light ship used to navigate inland waterways.
(countable, historical) A flat-bottomed vessel once employed by British merchants, notably in East Anglia, sometimes converted into pleasure boats.
A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is extracted.
Proper noun
Wherry (plural Wherrys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wherry is the 14014th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2149 individuals. Wherry is most common among White (65.98%) and Black/African American (28.29%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Wher"ry, n.; pl. Wherries. Etym: [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. Etym: [Cf. W. chwerw bitter.]
Definition: A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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