Usually means: A slap on the face.
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  1. wherret: Merriam-Webster
  2. wherret: Collins English Dictionary
  3. wherret: Wordnik
  4. wherret: Wiktionary
  5. Wherret: Dictionary.com
  6. Wherret: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. wherret: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Wherret: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. wherret: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. wherret: FreeDictionary.org
  11. wherret: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. wherret: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (wherret)

noun:  (now regional) A blow, especially on the face.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To hurry; to trouble; to tease.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To box (somebody) on the ear; to strike on the ear.

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