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widow |
6 definitions found 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 1.6 [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" From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character.
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