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Webster 1828 Edition
Tarrying
TAR'RYING
,ppr.
TAR'RYING
,Noun.
[This word is in respectable use.]
Definition 2024
tarrying
tarrying
English
Verb
tarrying
- present participle of tarry
Noun
tarrying (plural tarryings)
- The act of one who tarries; a waiting or staying behind.
- 1858, R. B. Stratton, Captivity of the Oatman Girls
- Our teams were now considerably jaded, and we found it necessary to make frequent halts and tarryings for the purpose of recruiting them.
- 1858, R. B. Stratton, Captivity of the Oatman Girls