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Tarrier

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tar·ry 1  (tr)
v. tar·ried, tar·ry·ing, tar·ries
v.intr.
1. To delay or be late in going, coming, or doing. See Synonyms at stay1.
2. To wait.
3. To remain or stay temporarily, as in a place; sojourn.
v.tr. Archaic
To wait for; await.
n.
A temporary stay; a sojourn.
[Middle English tarien.]
tarri·er n.
tar·ry 2  (tär)
adj. tar·ri·er, tar·ri·est
Of, resembling, or covered with tar.
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The northern access to the lists terminated in a similar entrance of thirty feet in breadth, at the extremity of which was a large enclosed space for such knights as might be disposed to enter the lists with the challengers, behind which were placed tents containing refreshments of every kind for their accommodation, with armourers, tarriers, and other attendants, in readiness to give their services wherever they might be necessary.
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