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er husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband. "A poor widow." Chaucer. Grass widow. See under Grass. -- Widow bewitched, a woman separated from her husband; a grass widow. [Colloq.] Widow-in-mourning (Zoöl.), the macavahu. -- Widow monkey (Zoöl.), a small South American monkey (Cal…

See Whidan bird.

One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune. Addison.

One who makes widows by destroying husbands. [R.] Shak.

A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe.

A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again. Shak.

The state of being a widower.

The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower. Johnson clung to her memory during a widowhood of more than thirty years. Leslie Stephen.

Becoming or like a widow.

A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note.

ignees, for the benefit of creditors. To assign dower, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's share or portion in an estate. Kent.

the benefit of creditors. Assignment of dower, the setting out by metes and bounds of the widow's thirds or portion in the deceased husband's estate, and allotting it to her.

Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir. Cowell. Attendant keys (Mus.), the keys or scales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, the principal key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant, its fifth below (fourth above), or subdominant, and its relative min…

To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over. Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury. Shak.

and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend.

Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage. The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes. Darwin. Caudal fin (Zoöl.), the terminal fin (or "tail") of a fish.

lawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence. If they [the unmarried and widows] have not continency, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver. ). Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, that of married persons. Jer. Taylor.

urity; a guard; a protection. War would arise in defense of the right. Tennyson. God, the widow's champion and defense. Shak.

A gift or offering to God. [Obs.] Wherein that blessed widow's deodate was laid up. Hooker.

bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.