jOhn, if you want to look up an English word in a dictionary you need to look for the dictionary form. In the case of a verb (and "tarried" is a verb) the dictionary form is the infinitive without the "to". The infinitive is "to tarry", so the form you need to look up is "tarry". If you look up "tarried" of course you won't find anything. If you looked up "tarry" and didn't find anything either you've got a defective dictionary or it's not an English dictionary.

Haruo