Har"ry (-r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harried (-rd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Harrying.] [OE. harwen, herien, herien, 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.