01 n. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
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A curse; a malediction.“Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?” — South.“O! woe were us alive [i.e., in life].” — Chaucer.“Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!” — Isa. xlv. 9.“Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant gray!” — Sir W. Scott.