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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. sailing barge used especially in East Anglia;
[syn: wherry, Norfolk wherry]

2. light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wherry n 1: sailing barge used especially in East Anglia [syn: wherry, Norfolk wherry] 2: light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors