Category:Wherry

Wher"ry, n.; pl. Wherries. Etym: [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.

Wherry Wher"ry, n. Etym: [cf. W. chwerw bitter.]

Defn: a liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice Is expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry. [prov. Eng.] Halliwell.