(Bot.) A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood. ] 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Médoc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; Prunus Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; Prunus avium and Prunus Padus, European trees (bird cherry). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barbadoes cherry. See under Barbadoes. --
Cherry bird (Zool.), an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries. --
Cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar. --
Cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped. --
Cherry laurel (Bot.), an evergreen shrub (Prunus Lauro-cerasus) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds. --
Cherry pepper (Bot.), a species of Capsicum (Capsicum cerasiforme), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit. --
Cherry pit. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. Shak. (b) A cherry stone. --
Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped. --
Cherry sucker (Zool.), the European spotted flycatcher (Musicapa grisola); -- called also cherry chopper cherry snipe. --
Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries. --
Ground cherry,
Winter cherry, See Alkekengi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. small quahog larger than a littleneck.
Syn. -- cherrystone clam. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a half-grown quahog.
Syn. -- cherrystone clam. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Freiherrn /plu>. [ G., lit., free lord. ] In Germany and Austria, a baron. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English Mister. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G., House of Lords. ] See Legislature, Austria, Prussia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ German. ] a race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others; -- referred to especially in NAZI racial theories.
Syn. -- master race. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. hering, AS. hæring; akin to D. haring, G. häring, hering, OHG. haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. Harry. ] (Zool.) One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (Clupea harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities. [ 1913 Webster ]

Herring gull (Zool.), a large gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp., Larus argentatus in America, and Larus cachinnans in England. See Gull. --
Herring hog (Zool.), the common porpoise. --
King of the herrings. (Zool.) (a) The chimaera (Chimaera monstrosa) which follows the schools of herring. Called also rabbit fish in the U. K. See Chimaera. (b) The opah. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Herringbone stitch, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chiefly used in flannel. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of the Moravians; -- so called from the settlement of Herrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A small South American shrub (Solanum pseudocapsicum) cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherrylike fruit.
Syn. -- Jerusalem cherry, winter cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A Dalmation bitter wild cherry tree (Prunus cerasus marasca) bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur.
Syn. -- marasca, maraschino cherry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A cherry which is colored a deep red and sweetened by cooking in colored syrup, and flavored with maraschino. It is used as a garnish in deserts and cocktails. [ PJC ]

2. The marasca cherry tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A merry-andrew; a buffoon. [ Obs. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sherry. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from Xeres, a Spanish town near Cadiz, x in Spanish having been formerly pronounced like sh in English. ] A Spanish light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. As prepared for commerce it is colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sherry cobbler, a beverage prepared with sherry wine, water, lemon or orange, sugar, ice, etc., and usually imbided through a straw or a glass tube. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Cf. Sp. zaraquelles wide breeches or overalls. ] Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback. [ Local, U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ From Whir. ] [ Also spelled whirret. ] 1. To hurry; to trouble; to tease. [ Obs. ] Bickerstaff. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To box (one) on the ear; to strike or box (the ear); as, to wherret a child. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A box on the ear. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ Also spelled whirret. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]