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ˈwherrit, v. dial.
[Possibly local form of thwert, thwart v. Cf. dial. whart and whartle (beside thwartle, thurtle). See werrit.]
trans. To tease, pester, annoy.
1762Bickerstaff Love in Village i. ix. (1763) 17 Find some other road, can't you? and dont keep wherreting me with your nonsense. 1767Woman of Fashion I. 35 What the dickens! Must I be wherretted with your Advice too? 1787Grose Prov. Gloss., Wherrited, teazed. 1888Fenn Dick o' the Fens xxi, With..the missus a-nigh wherritted to death wi' trouble. |