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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
tarry
    adj 1: having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn:
           pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry]
    v 1: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the
         Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around
         the department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle,
         lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess
         about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill
         around]
    2: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: tarry, linger]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tarry \Tar"ry\, v. t.
   1. To delay; to defer; to put off. [Obs.]
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            Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow. --Chaucer.
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   2. To wait for; to stay or stop for. [Archaic]
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            He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs
            tarry the grinding.                   --Shak.
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            He plodded on, . . . tarrying no further question.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tarry \Tar"ry\, n.
   Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.] --E. Lodge.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tarry \Tar"ry\, a. [From Tar, n.]
   Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
                                                  14.
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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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Thesaurus Results for Tarry:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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