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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Wherret

Whĕr'ret, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [From whir, q. v.] [Obs.]

  1. To hurry; to trouble; to tease.
  2. To give a box on the ear to; to strike or box, as the ear; as, to wherret a child.

Whĕr'ret, n.

noun

n. A box on the ear. [Obs.] B. & Fl.