·noun A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing.
II. Wherry ·noun A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed;
— sometimes called crab wherry.
III. Wherry ·noun A long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast rowing or sailing; ·esp., a racing boat rowed by one person with sculls.