Definition of "wherry" []

• A light, swift rowboat built for one person and often used in racing. (noun)
• A sailing barge used in East Anglia. (noun)

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• "Raleigh re-entered in a few minutes, but was silent, and pressing many an honest hand as he passed, went out to call a wherry, beckoning Amyas to follow him."
• "We saw it would be some days yet before the ship would reach the city, and therefore determined to go up in a wherry, that is a row-boat, from Gravesend."
• "And He spake to His disciples, that a small ship "-- or" wherry "--" should wait on Him because of the multitude, lest they should throng Him."