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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Harry \Har"ry\, verb (used without an object) To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Harry \Har"ry\ (-r[y^]), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Harried} (-r[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Harrying}.] [OE. harwen, herien, her[yogh]ien, AS. hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth. harjis, and Lith. karas war. Cf. {Harbor}, {Herald}, {Heriot}.]
1. To strip; to pillage; 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
harry
verb
1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" [syn: {harass}, {hassle}, {chivy}, {chivvy}, {chevy}, {chevvy}, {beset}, {plague}, {molest}, {provoke}]
2: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes [syn: {ravage}] [also: {harried}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "harry": aggravate, ambush, annoy, assail, assault, attack, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blitz, blockade, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, bushwhack, chivy, come at, come down on, crack down on, descend on, descend upon, devil, discompose, distemper, disturb, dog, encircle, encompass, envelop, exasperate, exercise, fall on, fall upon, fash, foray, fret, gang up on, get, gnaw, go at, go for, gripe, harass, haunt, have at, heckle, hector, hit, hit like lightning, hound, hunt, invest, irk, irritate, jump, land on, lay at, lay hands on, lay into, lay siege to, light into, maraud, miff, molest, mug, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, oppress, peeve, persecute, perturb, pester, pick on, pique, pitch into, plague, pluck the beard, pother, pounce upon, pound, provoke, pursue, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, sail into, set on, set upon, soften up, strike, surprise, surround, swoop down on, take the offensive, tease, torment, try the patience, tweak the nose, upset, vex, victimize, wade into, worry
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