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   Widow (wĭdˈṓ), n. [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe, wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G. wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuwō, Russ. udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhavā; and probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. ἡίθεος 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.  “A poor widow.”  Chaucer.
   
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   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.
   
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   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.
   
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   Widow, a. Widowed.  “A widow woman.” 1 Kings xvii. 9. “This widow lady.”  Shak.
   
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   Widow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Widowing.]
   
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   1. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
   
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   Though in thus city he
   
   Hath widowed and unchilded many a one,
   
   Which to this hour bewail the injury. Shak.
   
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   2. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.
   
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   The widowed isle, in mourning,
   
   Dries up her tears. Dryden.
   
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   Tress of their shriveled fruits
   
   Are widowed, dreary storms o'er all prevail. J. Philips.
   
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   Mourn, widowed queen; forgotten Sion, mourn. Heber.
   
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   3. To endow with a widow's right.  [R.]  Shak.
   
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   4. To become, or survive as, the widow of.  [Obs.]
   
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   Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and widow
   
   them all. Shak.
   
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