Lexicographical Neighbors of Herrying
Literary usage of Herrying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Mow COP. KERRY, v. to rush about with bustle or commotion. MID- CHESHIRE. A dog
rushing after a cat or rabbit would be said to be herrying ..."
2. Publications by Scottish History Society, Dorset Record Society (1894)
"... last weeke 7 pair of dowes and this day for y6 2d herrying 50 pair and a dow
to the herd to take care of my 7 yews and 14 ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1876)
"The herrying of Buchan. and the invasion of Scotland by Edward. ' p. 50.—The
battle of Bannockburn. P. 51.—Murder in cold blood of the English garrison in ..."
4. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1899)
"... and in reward for the pertinacity with which that lord had pursued him, he
ravaged his country so severely that the herrying of Buchan was the subject ..."
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