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To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
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To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
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To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
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To stay somewhere temporarily.
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To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.
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Examples of tarry in a Sentence
Not many small towns so I'll keep rolling and not tarry here.
I didn't want to tarry.
Perhaps I'll tarry in the area of Lynn, Massachusetts and try my luck there!
Betty-Boop or whatever your name is, if you tarry much longer I may be forced to introduce myself, though taking you, at least at this time, would cause a mild alteration to my carefully formulated plans.
Perhaps I, too, may tarry here awhile.
There is a woman who would scrape this life from my body if I don't tarry much longer.
He dared not tarry longer within their magic circle.
After the benediction was pronounced a good woman present gently asked the presiding minister if we could still tarry there.
Acts 3.14 Then saith he unto y m my soul is exceeding sorrowfull even unto death tarry ye here & watch w th me.
I will not tarry one day longer than I judge is necessary.
And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
But we could n't tarry long for there was much still to see & do.
Blood that originates in the dog's upper intestinal tract, including the stomach and small intestines, causes the dog's feces to look tarry and black in color.
The presence of the tarry, black stools could be a sign of an illness that is severe and possibly life threatening.
The Paringa Shiraz's nose pops with ripe cherries and plums coupled with spice and tarry smoked oak.
Parents should observe the patient carefully for signs of liver damage, including headache, unpleasant breath odor, and black tarry stools.
Black, tarry stools may indicate a hemorrhage from an ulcer of the stomach or the intestine.
Soaps of smaller moment are the pearl ash soaps used for removing tarry stains; ox-gall soaps for cleaning carpets; magnesia, rouge and chalk soaps for cleaning plate, &c.
Again a garden where one wanted to tarry a while and drink in the feeling of relaxation and peace.
The taste is sweet with wood smoke and tarry rope.
The product obtained after burning is known either as kelp or varec. Another method of obtaining kelp is to heat the seaweed in large retorts, whereby tarry and ammoniacal liquors pass over and a very porous residue of kelp remains.
Pale lemon from a refill barrel, the nose has smoky bacon, tarry driftwood, licorice and TCP.
Acts 3.14 Then saith he unto them my soul is exceeding sorrowfull even unto death tarry ye here & watch with me.
Swallow them whole. Watch for bloody, black, or tarry stools or blood in your vomit.
George Croly's Salathiel, which appeared anonymously in 1828, gave a highly elaborate turn to the legend; this has been re-published under the title Tarry Thou Till I Come.
Then coming to a place called Gethsemane, He bade the disciples wait while He should pray; and taking the three who had been with Him at the Transfiguration He told them to tarry near Him and to watch.
This liquid is a strong solution of ammonium sulphate, containing about 2 5% free sulphuric acid which absorbs nearly all the ammonia from the gases, without dissolving much of the tarry substances.
Even though it will upset the child, I shant take the time to tarry long with the woman.
The rationale of this treatment is not fully understood, but the action appears to consist in the separation or decomposition of the aromatic hydrocarbons, fatty and other acids, phenols, tarry bodies, &c., which lower the quality of the oil, the sulphuric acid removing some, while the caustic soda takes out the remainder, and neutralizes the acid which has been left in the oil.
Prior to 1830, little was known of the process other than that organic compounds generally yielded tarry and solid matters, but the discoveries of Liebig and Dumas (of acetone from acetates), of Mitscherlich (of benzene from benzoates) and of Persoz (of methane from acetates and lime) brought the operation into common laboratory practice.
Introits were provided for use on every Sunday and Holy-Day; after the offertory intending communicants were directed to " tarry still in the quire or in some convenient place nigh the quire "; in the prayer " for the whole state of Christ's church," the blessed Virgin Mary was commemorated by name among departed saints; prayer for the departed was explicitly retained; also an invocation of the Holy Spirit before the words of institution, the prayer of oblation immediately following them.