shorts

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Roses passing sweet, like unto our musk roses in form; raspises; a berry which we call whorts, good and wholesome to eat.

From Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland by Hayes, Edward, fl. 1580.

Pity it isn’t later, for then there’d be plenty of blackberries and whorts.

From The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

There’ll be nuts and blackberries, and whorts, and pig-nuts, and mushrooms.

From Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden by Fenn, George Manville

In the West of England they are popularly called "whorts," and they ripen about the time of St. James' Feast, July 25th.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas