[har-ee] 
verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing.| 1. | to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts. |
| 2. | to ravage, as in war; devastate: The troops harried the countryside. |
| 3. | to make harassing incursions. |
| har·ry (hār'ē) tr.v. har·ried, har·ry·ing, har·ries
[Middle English harien, from Old English hergian; see koro- in Indo-European roots.] |
| Vane (vān) English politician and colonial administrator who was governor of Massachusetts (1636-1637) and a leading Parliamentarian during the English Civil War. He was tried and executed for high treason after the restoration of the monarchy. |