wherry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun sailing barge used especially in East Anglia
    Norfolk wherry.
  2. noun light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors

WordNet

Wher"ry noun
Etymology
Cf. Icel. hverfr shifty, crank, hverfa to turn, E. whirl, wharf.
Wordforms
plural Wherries
Definitions
  1. (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 noun
Etymology
Cf. W. chwerw bitter.
Definitions
  1. A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.

Webster 1913