Wher"ry (?), n.; 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, n. [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.
Wher"ry (?), n.; 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, n. [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.