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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wherry \Wher"ry\, noun; 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wherry \Wher"ry\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wherry
noun
1: sailing barge used especially in East Anglia [syn: {Norfolk wherry}]
2: light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors
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