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English Dictionary: tarry	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for tarry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tarry adj having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn: pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry] v be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" Synonym(s): loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around leave slowly and hesitantly Synonym(s): tarry, linger
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.