Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wherry \Wher"ry\, n.; pl. {Wherries}. [Cf. Icel. hverfr shifty,
   crank, hverfa to turn, E. whirl, wharf.] (Naut.)
   (a) A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a
       kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing. [Eng.]
   (b) A long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast
       rowing or sailing; esp., a racing boat rowed by one
       person with sculls.

Wherry \Wher"ry\, n. [Cf. W. chwerw bitter.]
   A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice
   is expressed; -- sometimes called {crab wherry}. [Prov. Eng.]
   --Halliwell.

Source : WordNet®

wherry
     n 1: sailing barge used especially in East Anglia [syn: {Norfolk
          wherry}]
     2: light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods
        and passengers in inland waters and harbors