wherry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wherry	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for wherry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wherry n sailing barge used especially in East Anglia [syn: wherry, Norfolk wherry] light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors
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.