*tarr*

{ ‖ } n. [ It. cantaro (in sense 1), Sp. cantaro (in sense 2). ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. catarrhus, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a running down, rheum, fr. &unr_;; kata` down + &unr_; to flow. See Stream. ] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as, catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In America, the term catarrh is applied especially to a chronic inflammation of, and hypersecretion fron, the membranes of the nose or air passages; in England, to an acute influenza, resulting a cold, and attended with cough, thirst, lassitude, and watery eyes; also, to the cold itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, produced by, or attending, catarrh; of the nature of catarrh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kata`rris with hanging or curved nose; kata` down + "ri`s, "rino`s nose. ] (Zool.) One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Catarrhal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.
Syn. -- ill-fated, ill-omened, unlucky. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ From Star. ] 1. Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Influenced in fortune by the stars. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My third comfort,
Starred most unluckily. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being starry; as, the starriness of the heavens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. “Above the starry sky.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles, poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influence? Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Starry ray (Zool.), a European skate (Raia radiata); -- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Trass. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. taragona, Ar. tarkh&unr_;n; perhaps fr. Gr. &unr_; a dragon, or L. draco; cf. L. dracunculus tarragon. Cf. Dragon. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Artemisa (Artemisa dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Trass. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. tarien, terien, to irritate, provoke, AS. tergan to pull, pluck, torment; probably akin to E. tear, v. t. √63. Cf. Tarry, v. ] To set on, as a dog; to incite. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness. [ Archaic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And after two days' tarriance there, returned. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, tarries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A kind of dig; a terrier. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Greenland tattarock. ] (Zool.) (a) The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt. (b) The common guillemot. [ Prov. Eng. ] (c) The common tern. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Tar, n. ] Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tarry ye for us, until we come again. Ex. xxiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come down unto me, tarry not. Gen. xic. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

One tarried here, there hurried one. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tarry all night, and wash your feet. Gen. xix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To delay; to defer; to put off. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wait for; to stay or stop for. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He plodded on, . . . tarrying no further question. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]