widow

WIDOW, noun [Latin See Wide.] A woman who has lost her husband by death. Luke 2:37.WIDOWs chamber, in London, the apparel and furniture of the bed-chamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she is entitled.WIDOW, verb transitive 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--