Definition of Wiow
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. vidhavā; 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
(Zoöl.), the macavahu. -- Widow
monkey (Zoöl.), 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.
Wid"ow, a. Widowed. "A
widow woman." 1 Kings xvii. 9. "This widow lady."
Shak.
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.
Wid"ow (?), n. (Card Playing)
In various games, any extra hand or part of a hand, as one dealt
to the table.
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. vidhavā; 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
(Zoöl.), the macavahu. -- Widow
monkey (Zoöl.), 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.
Wid"ow, a. Widowed. "A
widow woman." 1 Kings xvii. 9. "This widow lady."
Shak.
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.
Wid"ow (?), n. (Card Playing)
In various games, any extra hand or part of a hand, as one dealt
to the table.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A woman whose husband has died (and has not re-married)
- (informal, in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport etc
- A golf-widow
- (printing) a single line of type, that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column
- To make a widow (or widower) of someone
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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