"wherry" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʍɛɹ.i/, /ˈwɛɹ.i/ Forms: wherries [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɹi Etymology: From Middle English whery (“small boat”), of obscure origin but cognate to French houari and Breton ouari, as well as Welsh chweri (“small boat”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whery|t=small boat}} Middle English whery (“small boat”), {{unk|en|title=obscure}} obscure, {{cog|fr|houari}} French houari, {{cog|br|ouari}} Breton ouari, {{cog|cy|chweri|t=small boat}} Welsh chweri (“small boat”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wherry (countable and uncountable, plural wherries)
  1. (countable) A light ship used to navigate inland waterways. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-wherry-en-noun-8p0m-L3m
  2. (countable, historical) A flat-bottomed vessel once employed by British merchants, notably in East Anglia, sometimes converted into pleasure boats. Tags: countable, historical Categories (topical): Distilled beverages, Watercraft Translations (a kind of boat): xalana [feminine] (Catalan), veerboot [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), chaland [masculine] (French), báirse [masculine] (Irish), wherree (Manx), chalana [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wherry-en-noun-6ViUo-J0 Disambiguation of Distilled beverages: 13 69 18 Disambiguation of Watercraft: 22 58 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 62 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 77 13 Disambiguation of 'a kind of boat': 0 100 0
  3. A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is extracted. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wherry-en-noun-5CBTn3hr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ferry

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