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herrying

herrying is the present participle and gerund of herry.

Meaning of herry

Verb

herry (third-person singular simple present herries, present participle herrying, simple past and past participle herried)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To honour, praise or celebrate.
    • Thenceforth it firmely was eſtabliſhed, / And for Apolloes temple highly herried.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 365

Phrases with herrying

Questions about herrying

What is herrying the present participle and gerund of?
Herrying is the present participle and gerund of herry.

Words near herrying in the dictionary

  1. Herron
  2. Herrons
  3. Herrs
  4. herry
  5. herry up
  6. herrying
  7. herrying up
  8. herryment
  9. hers
  10. hersage
  11. hersages

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