英文字典中文字典51ZiDian.com

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Widow \Wid"ow\ (w[i^]d"[-o]), n. [OE. widewe, widwe, AS.
weoduwe, widuwe, wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa,
D. weduwe, G. wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth.
widuw[=o], Russ. udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr.
vidhav[=a]; and probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack;
cf. Gr. "hi`qeos a bachelor. [root]248. 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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Grass widow}. See under {Grass}.

{Widow bewitched}, a woman separated from her husband; a
grass widow. [Colloq.]

{Widow-in-mourning} (Zool.), the macavahu.

{Widow monkey} (Zool.), 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.
[1913 Webster]


Widow \Wid"ow\, a.
Widowed. "A widow woman." --1 Kings xvii. 9. "This widow
lady." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]


Widow \Wid"ow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Widowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Widowing}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a
husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
[1913 Webster]

Though in thus city he
Hath widowed and unchilded many a one,
Which to this hour bewail the injury. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything
beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to
bereave.
[1913 Webster]

The widowed isle, in mourning,
Dries up her tears. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

Tress of their shriveled fruits
Are widowed, dreary storms o'er all prevail. --J.
Philips.
[1913 Webster]

Mourn, widowed queen; forgotten Sion, mourn.
--Heber.
[1913 Webster]

3. To endow with a widow's right. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

4. To become, or survive as, the widow of. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and
widow
them all. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]