[tar.ry] vi tar.ried ; tar.ry.ing [ME tarien] (14c) 1 a: to delay or be tardy in acting or doing b: to linger in expectation: wait
2: to abide or stay in or at a place
[2]tarry n, pl tarries (14c): stay, sojourn [3]tar.ry adj (1552): of, resembling, or covered with tar