Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wherry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wherry \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wherry \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wherry
n 1: (British) 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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