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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Widow \Wid"ow\, n. (Card Playing)
In various games, any extra hand or part of a hand, as one
dealt to the table.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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