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verb

Tarry v. t.

To delay; to defer; to put off. (Obs.) "Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow."

To wait for; to stay or stop for. (Archaic) "He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding." "He plodded on,... tarrying no further question."

Tarry v. i. (past & past part. tarried; pres. part. tarrying)

To stay or remain behind; to wait. "Tarry ye for us, until we come again."

To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter. "Come down unto me, tarry not." "One tarried here, there hurried one."

To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge. "Tarry all night, and wash your feet."

Synonyms: To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter.

noun

Tarry n. Stay; stop; delay. (Obs.)

adjective

Tarry adj. Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.

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Etymology of 'Tarry'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tarry" Quotes from Famous Books

... with hope of hard success to be all past, and of the good to come. So agreeing to carry out lights always by night, that we might keep together, he departed into his frigate, being by no means to be entreated to tarry in the Hind, which had been more for his security. Immediately after followed a sharp storm, which we over passed for that ...

— Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland • Edward Hayes

... touched by any thing; it made him loth to say the word that would drive all that sweet expression so quickly and completely away. It must be said, however; the increasing light warned him he must not tarry; but it was with a hesitating and almost faltering voice that ...

— The Wide, Wide World • Elizabeth Wetherell

... thy story will I ask; but in Spain they do illy treat a heretic," Fawkes continued, looking significantly at the fire, and pointing toward it with his outstretched arm; "a truce, as thou sayest, for I must no longer tarry. Saint Paul's bell is on the stroke of ten, and I would see Sir Winter, and (in a softer voice) my lass, to-night; for honestly, I am more than anxious to see her pretty face; first I must bid yon knaves good-bye." So saying he endeavored to ...

— The Fifth of November - A Romance of the Stuarts • Charles S. Bentley

... John offenced thee, that thou wouldst fain be rid of him? I would like him to tarry a ...

— Clare Avery - A Story of the Spanish Armada • Emily Sarah Holt

... as if it were as he said. I stopped in my capering and looked down. The tarry hinds ...

— At a Winter's Fire • Bernard Edward J. Capes

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