Tarrying

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tarry \Tar"ry\, 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.
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              Tarry ye for us, until we come again. --Ex. xxiv.
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     2. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
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              Come down unto me, tarry not.         --Gen. xic. 9.
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              One tarried here, there hurried one.  --Emerson.
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     3. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
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              Tarry all night, and wash your feet.  --Gen. xix. 2.
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     Syn: To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter.
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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