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Complete Definition of "wherry"

English

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Noun
en-noun|wherries

  1. A light embarcation used to navigate inland waterways.
  2. A flat-bottomed vessel previously employed by British merchants, notably in East Anglia. Some of these have now been converted into pleasure boats.
Quotations
1789, w:Olaudah Equiano|Olaudah Equiano, w:The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano|The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
1928, w:Virginia Woolf|Virginia Woolf, w:Orlando:_A_Biography|Orlando

See also
ferry

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