Hypertext Webster Gateway: "widow"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Widow \Wid"ow\, n. [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe,
wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G.
wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw?, Russ.
udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav[=a]; and
probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. ? a
bachelor. ????. Cf. {Vidual}.]
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} (Zo["o]l.), the macavahu.

{Widow monkey} (Zo["o]l.), 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Widow \Wid"ow\, a.
Widowed. ``A widow woman.'' --1 Kings xvii. 9. ``This widow
lady.'' --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Widow \Wid"ow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Widowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Widowing}.]
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

widow
n : a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not
remarried [syn: {widow woman}]
v : cause to be without a spouse; "The war widowed many women in
the former Yugoslavia"


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