单词 | wherry |
释义 | wherryn.1 1. A light rowing-boat used chiefly on rivers to carry passengers and goods. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. CompoundsGeneral attributive. Also wherryman n. C1. (In sense 1.) wherry-boat n. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 1884 ‘H. Collingwood’ Under Meteor Flag xxiv We reached the wherry-wharf at Kingston. C2. (In sense 2.) wherry yacht n. ΚΠ 1896 Daily News 3 June 5/6 At Lowestoft..Dr. Jameson..boarded a wherry yacht. C3. (In sense 3.) wherry-driver n. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 dialect. = wherret n. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.11443n.2a1726 |
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