Wherry

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·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.

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