Tarry

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Tarry
Author: Noah Webster

TAR’RY, v.i. [L. taurus, a bull.]

1. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.

Tarry all night and wash your feet. Gen 19.

2. To stay behind. Exo 12.

3. To stay in expectation; to wait.

Tarry ye here for us, till we come again to you. Exo 24.

4. To delay; to put off going or coming; to defer.

Come down to me, tarry not. Gen 45.

5. To remain; to stay.

He that telleth lies, shall not tarry in my sight. Psa 101.

TAR’RY, v.t. To wait for.

I cannot tarry dinner. [Not in use.]

T`ARRY, a. [from tar.] Consisting of tar, or like tar.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Tarry," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 18, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LJ386RBJ86PQJ6V.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Tarry." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 18 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LJ386RBJ86PQJ6V.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Tarry' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 18 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LJ386RBJ86PQJ6V.