wherry

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A light, swift rowboat built for one person and often used in racing.
• noun A sailing boat with a gaff rig, traditionally used to haul cargo in East Anglia.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To transport in, or as in, a wherry.
• noun A light shallow rowboat, having seats for passengers, and plying on rivers and harbors. It resembles the dory.
• noun A light half-decked fishing-vessel used in different parts of Great Britain and Ireland.
• noun A liquor made from the pulp of crab-apples after the verjuice is expressed. Sometimes called crabwherry.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun engraving A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing.
• 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.
• noun Prov. Eng. A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A light embarcation used to navigate inland waterways.
• noun A flat-bottomed vessel previously employed by British merchants, notably in East Anglia, sometimes converted into pleasure boats.
• noun A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is extracted.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors
• noun sailing barge used especially in East Anglia