Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tarry"
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) 1.7 (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}]
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