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Webster 1913 Edition


Sherris

Sher′ris

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Noun.
Sherry.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Definition 2024


sherris

sherris

English

Noun

sherris

  1. Obsolete form of sherry.
    • 159?, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2 (act 4, scene 3)
      A good sherris-sack hath a twofold operation in it. It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish and dull and curdy vapours which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble fiery.