Tarry /(?)/

1. Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.

imp. & p. p. Tarried; p. pr. & vb. n. Tarrying

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.

1. To delay; to defer; to put off. [Obs.]

   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.

1. Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.]