intransitive. To tarry, linger.

intransitive. To come to a standstill, stop; to hesitate, delay. Cf. stead, v. 7.

intransitive. To wait before proceeding further; to pause, delay, tarry. Occasionally with specified period of time. Now archaic.

Delay, respite; also, a truce. to do inor a (= on) frist: to delay, procrastinate, give respite of. ofor on frist: (Scottish) in the future, at a…

intransitive. To tarry, delay; to desist from action.

intransitive. To linger, tarry, wait; figurative to dwell upon something. Obsolete.

intransitive. To delay; = tarry, v.

intransitive. To delay, linger, tarry.

intransitive. To delay or be tardy in beginning or doing anything, esp. in coming or going; to wait before doing something; to linger, loiter.

To make stay; to tarry, delay. Obsolete.

absol. or intransitive. To delay, procrastinate: rarely with off.

To delay, tarry, wait. Obsolete.

absol. or intransitive. To delay or frustrate action; to be an obstacle or impediment.

intransitive. To delay, tarry, stay.

intransitive. To defer or postpone action; to procrastinate. Also: to be slow to act.

intransitive. To delay, hesitate, dawdle; to linger (in a place). In later use also with off. Also transitive in to hone the hoddle: to walk or work…

intransitive. To expect, wait, delay.

intransitive. To remain, wait; to be postponed.

intransitive. To delay, procrastinate. Obsolete.

Scottish. intransitive. To defer action; to delay, hesitate. With of (the action) or infinitive. Obsolete.

To remain waiting; to tarry, linger; to hesitate before taking action. Obsolete.

intransitive. To delay, hesitate, show reluctance. (Nearly = tarry, v. 3.)

intransitive. Scottish. To hesitate, delay; to refuse. Also transitive (reflexive) in same sense.

With emphasis or contextual colouring. To tarry or linger where one is; to delay (as opposed to going on). Chiefly with negative. Cf. sense 4d.

With upon or on (a matter), denoting the postponement of a decision till the following day.

To delay, tarry. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To put off action, delay. Obsolete.

To be tardy in doing or beginning anything; to hesitate, delay; to dawdle. †Const. infinitive.

intransitive. To defer action, delay; to be dilatory.

To neglect, to be backward or dilatory, to do something. Now rare.

To move slowly; to loiter or delay.

intransitive. To trifle, delay, dawdle.

intransitive. To let time pass, spend time, ‘mark time’; to procrastinate; to delay or wait for a more favourable moment. Also with it. Obsolete…

absol. or intransitive. To delay. Obsolete.

The action of lingering or tarrying.

intransitive. Scottish. To refrain from taking action; to wait; to delay. Obsolete.

intransitive. To delay, temporize. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. to time it out: to wait; to delay. Obsolete.

Scottish. To delay; spec. to delay in entering upon property as heir.

= procrastinate, v.

intransitive. To linger, tarry, delay; to dally, loiter.

to hang fire: (of a firearm) to be slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge; (hence) figurative to hesitate or be slow in acting.

intransitive. To keep oneself or remain off, away, or at a distance; to refrain from action; to delay.

to hang it on: to delay or protract a matter; cf. to hang it out at phrasal verbs (slang.)

intransitive. To behave evasively or indecisively so as to delay action; to procrastinate. Now the usual sense.

To be held over or deferred to a future occasion.

transitive. To press (something) downwards with the foot or feet treadling or pedalling.

Said of moving the body or limbs with difficulty, or of allowing a member to trail. Also figurative, esp. in to drag one's feet (also to drag one's…