noun. A woman whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.

noun. A woman whose spouse is often away pursuing a sport or hobby.

noun. An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.

noun. undefined

noun. A single, usually short line of type, as one ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of the next page or column.

noun. A short line of type at the bottom of a page, column, or paragraph.

transitive verb. To make a widow or widower of.

noun. A whidah-bird.

To reduce to the condition of a widow; bereave of a husband or mate: commonly in the past participle.

To endow with a widow's right.

Figuratively, to deprive of anything regarded as analogous to a husband; bereave: sometimes with of.

To survive as the widow of; be widow to.

noun. A woman who has lost her husband by death, In the early church, widows formed a separate class or order, whose duties were devotion and the care of the orphans, the sick, and prisoners.

noun. A European geometrid moth, Cidaria luctuata, more fully called mourning widow: an English collectors' name.

noun. In some cardgames, an additional hand dealt to the table, sometimes face up, sometimes not.

noun. A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.

noun. 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.

noun. See under Grass.

noun. a woman separated from her husband; a grass widow.

noun. the macavahu.

noun. 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.

noun. in London, the apparel and furniture of the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she was formerly entitled.

adjective. Widowed.

transitive verb. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

transitive verb. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.

transitive verb. To endow with a widow's right.

transitive verb. To become, or survive as, the widow of.

noun. A woman whose husband has died (and has not re-married); feminine of widower.

noun. A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.

noun. An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.

noun. A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.

noun. type of venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus

verb. To make a widow (or widower) of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.

noun. a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried

verb. cause to be without a spouse

"Mr. Friendly came in, and the widow and he, were soon as delighted as Fanny could be; he asked the dear _widow_ to change her estate; -- she consented at once, and a kiss sealed her fate."

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