wherret/ˈwɛɹɪt/EtymologyUnknown; perhaps imitative. See whirr.nounA blow, especially on the face.“I would rather perswade a man, though somewhat out of season, to give his boy a wherret on the eare, than to dissemble this wise, sterne or severe countenance, to vex and fret his minde.”verbTo hurry; to trouble; to tease.“Find some other road; can't you; and don't keep wherreting me with your nonsense.”To box (somebody) on the ear; to strike on the ear.“to wherret a child”