Har″ry (–ry̆), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Harried (–rĭd); p. pr. & vb. n.Harrying.] [OE. harwen, herien, her”ien, AS. hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth. harjis, and Lith. karas war. Cf. Harbor, Herald, Heriot.]
1. To strip; to pillage; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.
To harry this beautiful region. W. Irving.
A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush. J. Burroughs.
2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. Shak.
Syn. — To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease; worry; annoy; harass.