Tarry — Defs

01 a. Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.

02 v. i. To stay or remain behind; to wait.

imp. & p. p. Tarried; p. pr. & vb. n. Tarrying

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.

03 v. t. To delay; to defer; to put off.

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.

04 n. Stay; stop; delay.