Widow
Definition of Widow
Wid´ow
Pronunciation:
wĭd´ô
n.
1.
A
woman
who has
lost
her
husband
by
death
, and has not
married
again
; one
living
bereaved
of a
husband
.
2.
(Card Playing)
In
various
games
(such as "
hearts
"), any
extra
hand
or part of a
hand
, as one
dealt
to the
table
. It may be
taken
by one of the
players
under
certain
circumstances
.
Grass widow
See under
Grass
.
Widow bewitched
a
woman
separated
from her
husband
; a
grass
widow
.
Widow-in-mourning
(Zool.)
the
macavahu
.
Widow monkey
(Zool.)
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
.
a.
1.
Widowed
.
v. t.
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
.
4.
To
become
, or
survive
as, the
widow
of.
Let
me be
married
to
three
kings
in a
forenoon
, and
widow
them all
.
- Shak.
Related Words
leave
,
leave
behind
,
widow
woman
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