a. [ From Tar, n. ] Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tarry ye for us, until we come again. Ex. xxiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come down unto me, tarry not. Gen. xic. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

One tarried here, there hurried one. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tarry all night, and wash your feet. Gen. xix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To delay; to defer; to put off. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wait for; to stay or stop for. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He plodded on, . . . tarrying no further question. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stay; stop; delay. [ Obs. ] E. Lodge. [ 1913 Webster ]