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.
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.