herry
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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You must herry and git into the house, Huldy, for I d' 'no' how the machine's managed to run without ye all this time.
From Queen Hildegarde by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
“Where are ye gaun, ye mason-lads,Wi a’ your ladders lang and hie?”“We gang to herry a corbie’s nest,That wons not far frae Woodhouselee.”
From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew
‘We gang to herry a corbie’s nest, That wons not far frae Woodhouselee.’
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
"Troth," said Donald, "an' I wish I had never seen them between the een, for they're come to herry us out o' house and ha'."
From A Legend of Montrose by Scott, Walter, Sir
Don' know 'xactly how ole I was den, but I c'n tell yah dis much, I wasn't in no herry to marry.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
We herried first in Friesland, next in Saxland, and then all the way to Flanders; so sings Halfred the scald:— “‘Gundalf’s axe of shining steel For the sly wolf left many a meal.
From Erling the Bold by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Harald, whose red shield oft has shone O'er herried coasts, and fields hard won, Rides in hot wrath, and eager speeds O'er the blue waves his ocean-steeds.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
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