Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Harry

Harry (-ry) , transitive verb

[Old English harwen, herien, heryien, Anglo-Saxon hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, from here army; akin to German heer, Icelandic herr, Gothic harjis, and Lithuanian karas war. Compare 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
2.
To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. — Shakespeare

Harry , intransitive verb

To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. [Obsolete] — Beau. & Fl

Harry (har"ry) , proper noun

Harold or Henry; a nickname.