 2 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tarry \Tar"ry\, verb (used without an object) [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "tarrying":
dalliance, dallying, dawdling, delaying, dilatoriness, dilatory,
dillydallying, dolce far niente, dragging, goofing off, idling,
lag, lagging, lazing, lingering, loafing, loitering, lolling,
lollygagging, lounging, mopery, procrastination, procrastinative,
procrastinatory, shilly-shallying, tarriance, trifling, waiting
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