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Break :: Break (v. t.) To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, 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..

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To endow with a widow's right.

Third :: Third (n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life..

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

Vidual :: Vidual (a.) Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed.

Viduage :: Viduage (n.) The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively..

Widowing :: Widowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wido.

Widowly :: Widowly (a.) Becoming or like a widow.

Discovert :: Discovert (a.) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.

Viduation :: Viduation (n.) The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement.

Widowed :: Widowed (imp. & p. p.) of Wido.

Whidah Bird :: Whidah bird () Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch..

Sutteeism :: Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.

Hatchment :: Hatchment (n.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement..

Widowhood :: Widowhood (n.) Estate settled on a widow.

Widow-wail :: Widow-wail (n.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe..

Widower :: Widower (n.) A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again..

Duchess :: Duchess (n.) The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right..

Suttee :: Suttee (n.) A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character..

Widow-maker :: Widow-maker (n.) One who makes widows by destroying husbands.

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