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
"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
‘We gang to herry a corbie's nest That wons not far frae Woodhouselee.’
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
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
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
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)
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