5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tarry \Tar"ry\, v. t.
1. To delay; to defer; to put off [Obs.]
Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow. --Chaucer.
2. To wait for to stay or stop for [Archaic]
He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs
tarry the grinding. --Shak.
He plodded on . . . tarrying no further question.
--Sir W.
Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tarry \Tar"ry\, n.
Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.] --E. Lodge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tarry \Tar"ry\, a. [From {Tar}, n.]
Consisting of or covered with tar; like tar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tarry \Tar"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tarried}; p. pr & vb n.
{Tarrying}.] [OE. tarien to irritate (see {Tarre}); but with
a change of sense probably due to confusion with OE targen
to delay, OF targier, fr (assumed) LL tardicare fr L.
tardare to make slow, to tarry, fr tardus slow. Cf
{Tardy}.]
1. To stay or remain behind; to wait.
Tarry ye for us until we come again --Ex. xxiv.
14.
2. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
Come down unto me tarry not --Gen. xic. 9.
One tarried here there hurried one --Emerson.
3. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
Tarry all night, and wash your feet. --Gen. xix. 2.
Syn: To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tarry
adj : having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn: {pitchy}, {resinous},
{resiny}]
v 1: be about "The high school students like to loiter in the
Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around
the department?" [syn: {loiter}, {lounge}, {footle}, {lollygag},
{loaf}, {lallygag}, {hang around}, {mess about}, {linger},
{lurk}, {mill about}, {mill around}]
2: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: {linger}, {dally}]
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