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

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

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 ]