Barry vs Tarry - What's the difference?
barry | tarry |
, sometimes also used as a diminutive of Bartholomew.
derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales.
Any of a number of places, including a coastal town near Cardiff in Wales, United Kingdom.
To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
To stay somewhere temporarily; to sojourn.
To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.
* Shakespeare
* Sir Walter Scott
A sojourn.
Resembling tar.
Covered with tar.
As nouns the difference between barry and tarry
is that barry is (heraldry) a field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed while tarry is a sojourn.As a verb tarry is
to delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.As an adjective tarry is
resembling tar.barry
English
Etymology 1
Anglicized form of (etyl) Barra, short form of Fionnbharr, from .Proper noun
(en proper noun)Derived terms
* Diminutives: Baz, BazzaQuotations
* 1844 , , The Luck of Barry Lyndon (University of Michigan Press, 1999, ISBN 047211042X), page 44 *: I remembered that I had signed the documents Barry' Redmond instead of Redmond '''Barry'''; but what else could I do? - - - "Hark ye, Mr Fitzsimons," said I; "I will tell you why I was obliged to alter my name - which ''is'' ' Barry , and the best name in Ireland.Etymology 2
Proper noun
(en proper noun)References
* Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.tarry
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Etymology 1
From (etyl) tarien, .Verb
(en-verb)- It is true that the Messiah will come, though he may tarry . (
Hitchens
quoting translated Maimonides)
- He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding.
- He plodded on, tarrying no further question.
