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A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing.

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  1. n. A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing.
  2. n. A long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast rowing or sailing; esp., a racing boat rowed by one person with sculls.
  3. n. A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry.
  4. n. sailing barge used especially in East Anglia
  5. n. light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors
  6. (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. A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  7. A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuiceis expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell.
  8. n. sailing barge used especially in East Anglia n. light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors