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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tarry \Tar"ry\, 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "tarrying": dalliance, dallying, dawdling, delaying, dilatoriness, dilatory, dillydallying, dolce far niente, dragging, goofing off, idling, lag, lagging, lazing, lingering, loafing, loitering, lolling, lollygagging, lounging, mopery, procrastination, procrastinative, procrastinatory, shilly-shallying, tarriance, trifling, waiting