\Tar"ry\, a. [From {Tar}, n.]
Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.

\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.
         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.

\Tar"ry\, v. t.
1. To delay; to defer; to put off. [Obs.]
         Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow. --Chaucer.
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.                   --Shak.
         He plodded on, . . . tarrying no further question.
                                               --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

\Tar"ry\, n.
Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.] --E. Lodge.