Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Tarry

Tar′ry

,
Adj.
[From
Tar
,
Noun.
]
Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.

Tar′ry

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
He plodded on, . . .
tarrying
no further question.
Sir W. Scott.

Tar′ry

,
Noun.
Stay; stop; delay.
[Obs.]
E. Lodge.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tarry

TAR'RY

,
Verb.
I.
[L. taurus, a bull.]
1.
To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
Tarry all night and wash your feet. Gen.19.
2.
To stay behind. Ex.12.
3.
To stay in expectation; to wait.
Tarry ye here for us, till we come again to you. Ex.24.
4.
To delay; to put off going or coming; to defer.
Come down to me, tarry not. Gen.45.
5.
To remain; to stay.
He that telleth lies, shall not tarry in my sight. Ps.101.

TAR'RY

,
Verb.
T.
To wait for.
I cannot tarry dinner. [Not in use.]

Similar Results