Harry vs Tarry - What's the difference?
harry | tarry |
To bother; to trouble.
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To strip; to lay waste.
* Washington Irving
* J. Burroughs
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 a proper noun harry
is , also used as a pet form of henry and harold.As a verb tarry is
to delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.As a noun tarry is
a sojourn.As an adjective tarry is
resembling tar.harry
English
Verb
(en-verb)- We shall harry the enemy at every turn until his morale breaks and he is at our mercy.
- (Shakespeare)
- The Northmen came several times and harried the land.
- to harry this beautiful region
- A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.
Synonyms
* bother, disturb, harass, trouble, worryDerived terms
* harrier ----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.