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单词 wherry
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wherryn.1

Brit. /ˈwɛri/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɛri/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s whery(e, 1500s wherrye, wherrey, where, whirie, whyr(i)e, whyrry(e, -ie, wheary, 1500s–1600s wherie, whirr(e)y, -ie, 1600s wheery, 1800s whurry.
Etymology: Etymology obscure; perhaps < whirr n. with suggestion of rapid movement.
1. A light rowing-boat used chiefly on rivers to carry passengers and goods.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > types of
hulkc1420
wherry1443
hoy1495
wherry-boat1538
boyart1545
hurk1598
bilander1656
galliot-hoy1665
transport-hoy1705
flat-boat1801
shoy-hoy1840
hack boat1863
blood boat1873
blood boat1889
ro-ro1978
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > for passengers or goods
wherry1443
tilt-boat1463
barge1470
wherry-boat1538
tilt-wherry1573
1443 For. Acc. 21 Hen. VI G dorso (P.R.O.) Vnius Batelle vocate Whery.
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.iiij There came suche a winde fro wynchester That blewe these women ouer the ryuer In wherye.
1536 in Hist. MSS Comm.: MSS Duke of Rutland (1905) IV. 277 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2606) LXIII. 301 Payd to Robert Day..for 1 day with his where..with my Lady..viijd.
1555 Act 2 & 3 Phil. & Mary c. 16 Preamble The Whiries & Boates nowe occupied & used and of late tyme made for Rowing upon the said Ryver [Thames].
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 635 He toke a Whirry, and so escaped to London.
a1591 H. Smith 6 Serm. (1594) 83 They tremble for feare, like women that shrike at euery stir in the whirry.
c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 24 For murderinge of two straungers in a wherie in the Thames.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 13 Sept. (1972) VII. 285 My pictures and fine things, that I will bring home in wherrys.
1689 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 302 John Temple..flung himself over a wherry when it was shooting London bridge.
1723 J. Swift Epit. Judge Boat 24 Our Boat is now sail'd to the Stygian Ferry, There to supply old Charon's leaky Wherry.
1759 Universal Chron. 14–21 July 231/1 Two young fellows going up the Isis in a wherry with a sail, were overset by a sudden gust of wind.
1780 Falconer's Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) s.v. Yawl A wherry or small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) ii. ix. 398 Nothing moving on the stream but watermen's wherries and coal-lighters.
1861 Chamb. Encycl. II. 177/2 The Thames wherry..is stoutly built and is constructed to carry about eight passengers. It is usually managed by one sculler or two oarsmen.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxvii Smaller craft—wherries, steam-launches, tenders, and what not.
2. A large boat of the barge kind: see quots. local.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > sailing-barge
gabbart1487
wherry1589
piragua1667
schooner barge1819
spritsail1867
stumpy1881
sailing-barge1886
spritty1920
sailor-man1948
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge
bargea1513
wherry1589
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > sailing
gabbart1487
Western barge1506
wherry1589
west country1651
piragua1667
schooner barge1819
spritsail1867
stumpy1881
sailing-barge1886
spritty1920
sailor-man1948
1589 R. Lane in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 740 I tooke a resolution with my selfe..to enter presently so farre into that Riuer with two double whirries, and fourtie persons one or other.
1691 London Gaz. No. 2672/3 Four large Wheries..which we brought..from Dublin, in which were put 150 Granadiers.
a1788 in Orig. Forty-Five (1916) 260 They were alarmed by five wherries, the same, as they supposed, that landed the Campbells the night before... The wherries sailed by to the southward without ever stopping.
1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Whurry, wherry, a large boat—a sort of barge or lighter.
1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. (at cited word) A wherry..on the East-Norfolk and East-Suffolk rivers it is a large sailing boat, carrying from 15 to 35 tons of merchandise.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Wherry,..a decked vessel used in fishing in different parts of Great Britain and Ireland.
1891 Daily News 3 Oct. 3/8 A coal wherry belonging to Atkinson, Shields.
3. A large four-wheeled dray or cart without sides. local.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > low or without sides
roll-wainc1503
dray1581
troll1663
dray-cart1710
rulley1759
truck1774
trolley1823
gambo1836
lorry1838
platform car1843
platform wagon1850
trolley-cart1865
float1866
wherry?1881
camion1885
rolley1886
floater1888
sloven1889
?1881 [see wherry-driver n. at Compounds 3].
1886 Leeds Mercury 1 Apr. One new light Spring Wherry, carry one ton.

Compounds

General attributive. Also wherryman n.
C1. (In sense 1.)
wherry-boat n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > types of
hulkc1420
wherry1443
hoy1495
wherry-boat1538
boyart1545
hurk1598
bilander1656
galliot-hoy1665
transport-hoy1705
flat-boat1801
shoy-hoy1840
hack boat1863
blood boat1873
blood boat1889
ro-ro1978
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > for passengers or goods
wherry1443
tilt-boat1463
barge1470
wherry-boat1538
tilt-wherry1573
1538 A. Fitzherbert Newe Bk. Justyces Peas 134 Passynge the riuers of Thames or Medwaye by barge or wheribote.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxv. 552 The Captaine..escaped to the key, where he tooke a small barge or whirrie-bote.
wherry-rower n.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > wherryman
wherry-rower?1518
wherryman1535
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j Barge men whery rowers and dysers.
wherry-slave n.
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1569 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1571) 202 You maie remember, that Iulius the 2..from a whearyslaue, not longe sithence became a Pope.
wherry-wharf n.
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1884 ‘H. Collingwood’ Under Meteor Flag xxiv We reached the wherry-wharf at Kingston.
C2. (In sense 2.)
wherry yacht n.
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1896 Daily News 3 June 5/6 At Lowestoft..Dr. Jameson..boarded a wherry yacht.
C3. (In sense 3.)
wherry-driver n.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of cart > of specific type of cart
drayman1581
courtier1630
truck-man1787
wherry-driver?1881
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) Index 178 Wherry driver.

Derivatives

ˈwherry v. (transitive) to carry in or as in a wherry.
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > in specific type of craft or by specific propulsion
rowa1470
boat1508
keel1599
barge1652
raft1667
drog1681
sculler1682
paddle1784
punt1818
scull1827
wherry1827
yawl1884
steam1891
submarine1918
gondolier1936
1827 J. Montgomery Pelican Island i. 244 Buoyant shells, On stormless voyages..Wherried their tiny mariners.
ˈwherrying n. the plying of a wherry.
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society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [noun] > business or work of a sailor > working on specific type of craft
boatmanage1633
bumboating1773
wherrying1902
tug-boating1941
1902 Longman's Mag. Nov. 41 I chucked up th' wherryen' and went deek-drawen'.
1909 Daily Chron. 30 Dec. 3/1 [They] are men who have always picked up their living by wild fowling, poaching, wherrying.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wherryn.2

Brit. /ˈwɛri/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɛri/
dialect.
= wherret n.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > a sharp or smart blow
dab1300
rapc1330
thresta1400
bruntc1400
knap14..
yedderc1440
gird1487
yert1509
fillip1543
yark1555
flewet1570
stingera1577
flirt1577
wherret1577
riprapc1580
spang1595
nick1651
lick1680
flip1692
yowf1711
clink1722
wherrya1726
click1773
whither1791
swata1800
yank1818
snock1825
clip1830
snop1849
clinkera1863
siserary1893
blip1894
a1726 J. Vanbrugh Journey to London (1728) i. i. 14 Somewhat fetcht me such a wherry a-cross the Shins, that dawn came I flop o' my Feace.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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