From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtarrytar‧ry1 /ˈtæri/ verb (tarried, tarrying, tarries) [intransitive] literary 1 LATEto stay in a place, especially when you should leave SYN linger2 DELAYto delay or be slow in going somewhere→ See Verb table
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tarry• The boys were older now; she could tarry a bit, and not get home until four.• We tarried awhile to watch Messrs Anderson and Rowe perform doughty deeds with caber and shot on a pleasant summers day.• As Snelders tarried in his six-yard box, Connolly stabbed the ball wide.• Why does the clatter of his war-wagons tarry so?• We tarried, though; looking up at the kirk bell.tarrytar‧ry2 /ˈtɑːri/ adjective CScovered with tar (=a thick black liquid)Examples from the Corpus
tarry• Lightning in the distance straight ahead sent reflections shooting all the way up the tarry wheel tracks on the pavement.Origin tarry1 (1200-1300) Origin unknown tarry2 (1500-1600) tar 