Tar"ry (?), a. [From Tar,
n.] Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like
tar.
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.
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.
Tar"ry, n. Stay; stop; delay.
[Obs.] E. Lodge.
Tar"ry (?), a. [From Tar,
n.] Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like
tar.
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.
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.
Tar"ry, n. Stay; stop; delay.
[Obs.] E. Lodge.
