Harry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Harry	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Harry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harry v annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" Synonym(s): harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes Synonym(s): harry, ravage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harry \Har"ry\, v. i. To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harry \Har"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harried}( ?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Harrying}.] [OF. harwen, herien, her[yogh]ien, AS. hergian 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.