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tarriance arch. (ˈtærɪəns) Also 5 tary-, 5–7 tari-, 6–7 tarry-; 5–6 -ans, 5–7 -aunce, 6–7 -ence. [f. tarry v. + -ance.] 1. The action of tarrying; delay, procrastination.1460 Paston Lett. I. 527 Besechyng your maistership not to be dysplesed with my long taryans. 1542 Udall Erasm. Apoph. 295 b, To m...
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taryance
▪ I. † tary, n. Obs. Also 6 tarie, -ye. [f. tary v.] Vexation, trouble, annoyance.1528 Lyndesay Dreme 277 For to rehers thare lyffis vitious, It wer bot tarye to the auditouris. 1533 Gau Richt Vay (S.T.S.) 66 We haiff mekil tarie of it [our body] heir in ye wardil. c 1576 Maitland Poems (1830) 40 An...
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unwilling
unˈwilling, ppl. a. [OE. unwillende (un-1 10), = ON. and Icel. {uacu}-, óviljandi. Cf. MLG. unwillendes. Re-formed in 16th cent.] † 1. Of persons: Not intending, purposing, or desiring (to do a particular thing). Obs.c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past C. xxxiii. 214 Ðæt hie [sc. the impatient] ne hliepe...
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tarry
▪ I. tarry, n. (ˈtærɪ) Also 4–6 tary, 6 tarie, Sc. tairrie. [f. tarry v.] † 1. The act of tarrying; spending or loss of time; delay, procrastination. Obs.c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxvii. (Machor) 485 Þane machore..reprowyt þe mastir man of his tary & his slawnes. 1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (E.E....
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