Vocabulary Word
Word: tarry
Definition: linger; delay in starting or going; dawdle
Definition: linger; delay in starting or going; dawdle
Sentences Containing 'tarry'
Ammonia is made from the liquids which collect in the condensers; anilin, the source of exquisite dyes, is made from the thick, tarry distillate, and coke is the residue left in the clay retorts.
Chapter 23 Traveling Incognito MY idea was, to tarry a while in every town between St. Louis and New Orleans.
The boat was to tarry at Memphis till ten the next morning.
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