v. t.
My lord delayeth his coming. Matt. xxiv. 48. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed
The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The watery showers delay the raging wind. Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. Acts xxv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. [ 1913 Webster ]
There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who delays; one who lingers. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By delays. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Hindrance. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]