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† ˈtardance Obs.
[a. obs. F. tardance (1307 in Godef.), f. tarder tarde v.: see -ance.]
Delaying, delay. Also † ˈtardancy (-ency).
1595Q. Eliz. & Levant Co. (1904) 53 Whose [ambassador] playnly excuseth the tardance thereof by reason thatt his maysters treasury..is exhausted. 1635J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Banish'd Virg. 227 If any tardance of mine bee the occasion of your Highnesse sufferings. 1654Cokaine Dianea iv. 340 Dorcone arrived just upon that time there, when tardency could not but be perilous. |