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herryment

herryment is the alternative form of herriment.

Meaning of herriment

Noun

herriment (countable and uncountable, plural herriments)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) harassment; depredation
    • It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 426

Questions about herryment

What is herryment the alternative form of?
Herryment is the alternative form of herriment.

Words near herryment in the dictionary

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

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