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widow

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; and probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. "hi`qeos a bachelor. 248. Cf. Vidual.] A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband. (Chaucer.)

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. [Colloq.] -- Widow-in-mourning (Zol.), the macavahu. -- Widow monkey (Zol.), 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. Widowed. (Shak.)

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. (Shak.)

4. To become, or survive as, the widow of. ()

Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and widow them all. (Shak.)