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Date: 1200-1300
Origin: Origin unknown

tarry

1 verb
     
tar‧ry1 past tense and past participle tarried, present participle tarrying, third person singular tarries [intransitive] literary
1 to stay in a place, especially when you should leave [= linger]
2 to delay or be slow in going somewhere
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