tarrying
English edit
Verb edit
tarrying
- present participle and gerund of tarry
Noun edit
tarrying (plural tarryings)
- The act of one who tarries; a waiting or staying behind.
- 1858, R. B. Stratton, Captivity of the Oatman Girls:
- Our teams were now considerably jaded, and we found it necessary to make frequent halts and tarryings for the purpose of recruiting them.