Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Harry \Har"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harried}( ?); p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Harrying}.] [OF. harwen, herien, her[yogh]ien, AS.
   hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army;
   akin to G. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth.
   harjis, and Lith. karas war. Gf. {Harbor}, {Herald},
   {Heriot}.]
   1. To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several
      times and harried the land.

            To harry this beautiful region.       --W. Irving.

            A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood
            thrush.                               --J.
                                                  Burroughs.

   2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. --Shak.

   Syn: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease;
        worry; annoy; harass.