v. dial. [Local variant of WHERRIT or WORRIT.] trans. To tease, annoy.
1825. Brockett, N. C. Words, s.v., He would request not to be werrited so much about it.
1828. Carr, Craven Gloss.
1865. W. S. Banks, Wakefield Words, 80. Werritin, wearying: fretful and tiresome. What a werritin barn thah are!