Tar"rock (?), n. [Greenland tattarock.] (Zoöl.) (a) The young of the
kittiwake gull before the first molt. (b) The common guillemot. [Prov.
Eng.] (c) The common tern.
Tar"ry (?), a. [From Tar, n.] Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like
tar.
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.
Tarry ye for us, until we come again.
Ex. xxiv. 14.