noun a passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing.
2. wherry ·noun a liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed;
sometimes called crab wherry.
3. wherry ·noun a long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast rowing or sailing; ·esp., a racing boat rowed by one person with sculls.