tarry

• But I could not tarry, and as it was late, they were all ready to go away 4th. —  The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1663/64
• After a short tarry, they again entered their canoes, and descending the rapids of the St. Lawrence, in two days reached Montreal, sixty miles distant from the fort. —  The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago
• After a short tarry, the voyage was again resumed. —  The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago
• We found there Gerrit the wheelwright;[368] and Jan Theunissen soon came in from the fields; but as the father-[in-law] was not at home we had to tarry, although we had intended to go to Najack. —  Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680
• Didst come-- tarry, I do think--nay--ay, it is--I verily believe 'tis old Jack himself Of course it is!" —  All's Well Alice's Victory

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