tarry

verbs

be about
"The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry
leave slowly and hesitantly
linger, tarry
is derived from
tarriance

adjectives

having the characteristics of pitch or tar
pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry