Whirry vs Wherry - What's the difference?
whirry | wherry |
(obsolete) A sudden or quick movement; a whirr.
(obsolete) To convey swiftly.
(obsolete) To hurry; to go swiftly.
A light embarcation used to navigate inland waterways.
A flat-bottomed vessel previously employed by British merchants, notably in East Anglia, sometimes converted into pleasure boats.
* 1789 ,
* 1928 ,
A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is extracted.
As nouns the difference between whirry and wherry
is that whirry is (obsolete) a sudden or quick movement; a whirr or whirry can be while wherry is a light embarcation used to navigate inland waterways.As an adjective whirry
is (rare) of or pertaining to a whirr.As a verb whirry
is (obsolete|transitive) to convey swiftly.whirry
English
Etymology 1
From whirr.Noun
(whirries)Verb
Etymology 2
Noun
(whirries)wherry
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(wikipedia wherry)Noun
(wherries)- Here I used to enjoy myself in playing about the bridge stairs, and often in the watermen's wherries', with other boys. On one of these occasions there was another boy with me in a '''wherry''', and we went out into the current of the river: while we were there two more stout boys came to us in another '''wherry''', and, abusing us for taking the boat, desired me to get into the other '''wherry'''-boat. Accordingly I went to get out of the ' wherry I was in; but just as I had got one of my feet into the other boat the boys shoved it off, so that I fell into the Thames; and, not being able to swim, I should unavoidably have been drowned, but for the assistance of some watermen who providentially came to my relief.
- The river was astir early and late with barges, wherries , and craft of every description.