Widow — Defs

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

1.
A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.
2.
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.(Card Playing)

Phrases & compounds

Grass widow — See under Grass.

Widow bewitched — a woman separated from her husband; a grass widow.

Widow-in-mourning — the macavahu.

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

02 a. Widowed.

1.
Widowed.

03 v. t. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

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.]
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.