Widow

Widow - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

WIDOW, n. [L. See Wide.] A woman who has lost her husband by death. Luke 2.

Widows chamber, in London, the apparel and furniture of the bed-chamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she is entitled.

WIDOW, v.t.

1. To bereave of a husband; but rarely used except in the participle.

2. To endow with a widows right. [Unusual.]

3. To strip of any thing good.

The widowd isle in mourning--