Tarry
Tarry , adjective
[From Tar, n.]
Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
Tarry , intransitive verb
[Old English tarien to irritate (see Tarre); but with a change of sense probably due to confusion with Old English targen to delay, Old French targier, from (assumed) Late Latin tardicare, from Latin tardare to make slow, to tarry, from tardus slow. Compare Tardy.]
1.
To stay or remain behind; to wait.
Tarry ye for us, until we come again.
2.
To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
Come down unto me, tarry not.
One tarried here, there hurried one.
3.
To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
Tarry all night, and wash your feet.
Tarry , transitive verb
1.
To delay; to defer; to put off. [Obsolete]
Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow.
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.
He plodded on,... tarrying no further question.
Tarry , noun
Stay; stop; delay. [Obsolete] — E. Lodge