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Webster 1913 Edition

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.

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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wherry

WHERRY

,
Noun.
[a different orthography of ferry, formed with a strong breathing; like whistle, from L.]
1.
A boat used on rivers. The name is given to several kinds of light boats. It is also applied to some decked vessels used in fishing, in different parts of Great Britain and Ireland.
2.
A liquor made from the pulp of crabs after the verjuice is expressed; sometimes called crab-wherry. [Local.]

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