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Widow

Widow (widow)
n.(?)
Wid"ow
[OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe, wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G. wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw(?), Russ
  1. A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.
    "A poor widow." Chaucer.

    Grass widow. See under Grass. -- Widow bewitched, a woman separated from her husband; a grass widow. [Colloq.] -- Widow-in-mourning (Zoöl.), the macavahu. -- Widow monkey (Zoöl.), a small South American monkey (Callithrix lugens); -- so called on account of its color, which is black except the dull whitish arms, neck, and face, and a ring of pure white around the face. -- Widow's chamber (Eng. Law), in London, the apparel and furniture of the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she was formerly entitled.


Widow

Widow (widow)
a.
Wid"ow
  1. Widowed.
    "A widow woman." 1 Kings xvii. 9. "This widow lady." Shak.

Widow

Widow (widow)
v. t.
Wid"ow
  1. To reduce to the condition of a widow] to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

    Though in thus city he
    Hath widowed and unchilded many a one,
    Which to this hour bewail the injury.
    Shak.

  2. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.

    The widowed isle, in mourning,
    Dries up her tears.
    Dryden.

    Tress of their shriveled fruits
    Are widowed, dreary storms o'er all prevail.
    J. Philips.

    Mourn, widowed queen; forgotten Sion, mourn. Heber.

  3. To endow with a widow's right.
    [R.] Shak.
  4. To become, or survive as, the widow of.
    [Obs.]

    Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and widow
    them all.
    Shak.


Widow

Widow (widow)
n.(?)
Wid"ow
(Card Playing)
  1. In various games, any extra hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table.













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