Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Harry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harry \Har"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harried}( ?); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Harrying}.] [OF. harwen, herien, her[yogh]ien, AS.
hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army;
akin to G. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth.
harjis, and Lith. karas war. Gf. {Harbor}, {Herald},
{Heriot}.]
1. To strip; 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harry \Har"ry\, v. i.
To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.
[Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
harry
v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
staff when he is overworked" [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}]
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