{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.
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.