v. dial. [Local variant of WHERRIT or WORRIT.] trans. To tease, annoy.

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1825.  Brockett, N. C. Words, s.v., He would request not to be werrited so much about it.

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1828.  Carr, Craven Gloss.

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1865.  W. S. Banks, Wakefield Words, 80. Werritin, wearying: fretful and tiresome. ‘What a werritin barn thah are!’

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