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tarry (iou) and telegraphone (iou)


tarry (iou)



tarry verb. ['tari] Now chiefly arch. & literary. ME.
[Origin uncertain: in earliest use identical in form with TAR verb1 and Old French tarier, but the sense is against identity. Cf. TARROW.]
verb trans. Delay, retard, defer (a thing, an action); protract, prolong. ME-L16.
T. Stocker Whiche Citie not meanyng to tarrie the siege.
verb trans. Detain, keep back (a person or agent) for a time; keep waiting or in check; impede, hinder. ME-E17.
A. Golding So many stops tary us and stay us back.
verb intrans. Delay or be tardy in beginning or doing anything, defer coming or going; wait before doing something, or in expectation of a person or event, or until something is done (freq. foll. by till, for, to do). ME.
E. Peacock They had not long to tarry for the coming of their host. I. Wallace He..escaped..to find Beecher, the valet, patiently tarrying in the hall.
verb intrans. Remain or reside temporarily, sojourn; stay (in a place). Also, remain or continue in a specified state or condition. Freq. foll. by in. ME.
J. Buchan Some Icelander who has tarried too long in Scotland. J. Baldwin His mother required..that he tarry no longer in sin.
verb trans. Wait for or in expectation of; expect. ME.
H. H. Milman The Lord Mayor tarried the sermon, which lasted into the night.
tarrying verbal noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) US History a local courtship custom in which a couple lie with each Other fully clothed in a blanket and talk and kiss: ME.

telegraphone (iou)



telegraphone noun. obsolete exc. Hist. E20.
[Blend of TELEGRAPH and TELEPHONE.]
An obsolete form of telephone in which the spoken message was magnetically recorded on metal ribbon at the receiving end.