- tarriest
- tar·ry || 'tÉ‘Ërɪ n. stay, sojourn, delay v. stay, sojourn, delay, linger, wait adj. full of tar
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tarry — tarry1 tarrier, n. /tar ee/, v., tarried, tarrying, n., pl. tarries. v.i. 1. to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington. 2. to delay or be tardy in acting, starting, coming, etc.; linger or loiter … Universalium
Acts 22 — 1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. 2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city… … The King James version of the Bible
tarry — tarry1 [ tα:ri] adjective (tarrier, tarriest) resembling or covered with tar. Derivatives tarriness noun tarry2 [ tari] verb (tarries, tarrying … English new terms dictionary
tarry — I UK [ˈtærɪ] / US [ˈterɪ] verb [intransitive] Word forms tarry : present tense I/you/we/they tarry he/she/it tarries present participle tarrying past tense tarried past participle tarried mainly literary to stay somewhere longer than you should… … English dictionary
tarry — tarry1 [tar′ē] vi. tarried, tarrying [ME tarien, to delay, vex, hinder < OE tergan, to vex, provoke, prob. infl. by ME targen, to retard < OFr targer < VL * tardicare < L tardare, to delay < tardus, slow > TARDY] 1. to delay,… … English World dictionary
tarry — 1. adj. (tarrier, tarriest) of or like or smeared with tar. Derivatives: tarriness n. 2. v.intr. ( ies, ied) archaic or literary 1 defer coming or going. 2 linger, stay, wait. 3 be tardy. Derivatives: tarrier n. Etymology: ME: orig. uncert … Useful english dictionary
