Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tarry \Tar"ry\, v. t.
   1. To delay; to defer; to put off. [Obs.]

            Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow. --Chaucer.

   2. To wait for; to stay or stop for. [Archaic]

            He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs
            tarry the grinding.                   --Shak.

            He plodded on, . . . tarrying no further question.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

Tarry \Tar"ry\, n.
   Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.] --E. Lodge.

Tarry \Tar"ry\, a. [From {Tar}, n.]
   Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.

Tarry \Tar"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tarried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tarrying}.] [OE. tarien to irritate (see {Tarre}); but with
   a change of sense probably due to confusion with OE. targen
   to delay, OF. targier, fr. (assumed) LL. tardicare, fr. L.
   tardare to make slow, to tarry, fr. tardus slow. Cf.
   {Tardy}.]
   1. To stay or remain behind; to wait.

            Tarry ye for us, until we come again. --Ex. xxiv.
                                                  14.

   2. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.

            Come down unto me, tarry not.         --Gen. xic. 9.

            One tarried here, there hurried one.  --Emerson.

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

            Tarry all night, and wash your feet.  --Gen. xix. 2.

   Syn: To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter.

Source : WordNet®

tarry
     adj : having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn: {pitchy}, {resinous},
            {resiny}]
     v 1: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the
          Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around
          the department?" [syn: {loiter}, {lounge}, {footle}, {lollygag},
           {loaf}, {lallygag}, {hang around}, {mess about}, {linger},
           {lurk}, {mill about}, {mill around}]
     2: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: {linger}]
     [also: {tarried}]